Use of Paid Child Care Health Care Consultants in Early Care and Education Settings: Results of a National Study Comparing Provision of Health Screening Services Among Head Start and Non-Head Start Centers

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 427-435

  Hanna, Heather ^a   Mathews, Rahel ^a   Southward, Linda H ^a   Cross, Ginger W ^a   Kotch, Jonathan ^b   Blanchard, Troy ^c   Cosby, Arthur G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care health consultant; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DAY CARE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSULTANTS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867918902     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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