Influence of maternal health literacy on child participation in social welfare programs: The philadelphia experience

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1662-1665

  Pati, Susmita ^a,b   Mohamad, Zeinab ^b   Cnaan, Avital ^a   Kavanagh, Jane ^b   Shea, Judy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PHILADELPHIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956250284     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.172742     Document Type: Article

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