Literacy promotion for families participating in the women, infants and children program

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-461

  Whaley, Shannon E ^a   Jiang, Lu ^a   Gomez, Judy ^a   Jenks, Eloise ^a  

^a PHFE WIC Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Intervention; Low income; Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL; SPEECH; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952232924     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3572     Document Type: Article

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