Support from the start: Effective programmes from birth to two years

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-28

  Sutton, Carole ^a   Murray, Lynne ^b   Glover, Vivette ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behaviour; Bonding; Children (age groups); Family nurse partnership; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858671693     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466661211213643     Document Type: Review

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