Building human capacity through early childhood intervention: The child development research programme at the tropical medicine research institute, the university of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-322

  Walker, S P ^a   Chang, S M ^a   Powell, C A ^a   Baker Henningham, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Child development; Early childhood; Early nutrition; Psychosocial intervention; Tropical medicine research institute (TMRI); Undernourished children

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAMAICA; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUNTING;

EID: 84865960646     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2012.151     Document Type: Article

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