Reach Out and Read: Evidence based approach to promoting early child development

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Zuckerman, Barry ^a   Khandekar, Aasma ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

child development; primary care prevention; Reach Out and Read

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NERVE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SCHOOL; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TRENDS;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS; READING;

EID: 77955231940     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833a4673     Document Type: Review

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