Community resilience, quality childcare, and preschoolers' mental health: A three-city comparison

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1080-1087

  Maggi, Stefania ^a   Roberts, William ^b   MacLennan, David ^b   D'Angiulli, Amedeo ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Childcare; Children; Community; Mental health; Resilience; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 80052662152     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.052     Document Type: Article

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