Home visitation programs: Critical Issues and Future Directions

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-398

  Azzi Lessing, Lenette ^a  

^a WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Head Start; Family support; Home visitation; Home visiting; Nurse Family Partnership; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052299660     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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