Improving the professional support for parents of young infants

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-194

  Eronen, Ritva ^a   Calabretto, Helen ^b   Pincombe, Jan ^b  

^a ACT Community Care   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

child health nursing; child health service; importance performance analysis; parent support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958204057     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10062     Document Type: Article

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