Narrowing the income gaps in preventive care for young children: Families in healthy steps

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 556-567

  McLearn, Kathryn Taafe ^a,b   Strobino, Donna M ^d,e   Minkovitz, Cynthia S ^d   Marks, Elisabeth ^a,c   Bishai, David ^d   Hou, William ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Dept of Pop and Fam Hlth Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Income disparities; Preventive child health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 7644222613     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth140     Document Type: Article

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