Inequalities in child healthy development: Some challenges for effective implementation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1244-1248

  Lynch, John W ^a   Law, Catherine ^a   Brinkman, Sally ^a   Chittleborough, Catherine ^a   Sawyer, Michael ^a  

^a Uni SA Epidemiology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early childhood development; Fair society, healthy lives (The marmot review); Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; WELLBEING;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MARMOTA;

EID: 77956324868     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.008     Document Type: Note

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