The effectiveness of an early parenting intervention for mothers with infants with sleep and settling concerns: A prospective non-equivalent before-after design

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 52-62

  Hauck, Yvonne L ^a   Hall, Wendy A ^b   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^c   Bennett, Elaine ^d   Wells, Gail ^e  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Early Parenting Services   (Australia)

^e Family Programs Ngala   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Competence; Depression; Infant; Nurses; Nursing; Parenting; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP;

EID: 83355166864     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03734.x     Document Type: Article

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