A comparative analysis of early child health and development services and outcomes in countries with different redistributive policies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Den Heuvel, Meta ^a,b   Hopkins, Jessica ^c,d   Biscaro, Anne ^c   Srikanthan, Cinntha ^e   Feller, Andrea ^c,d   Bremberg, Sven ^f,g   Verkuijl, Nienke ^h   Flapper, Boudien ^b   Ford Jones, Elizabeth Lee ^a   Williams, Robin ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Niagara Region Public Health   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h Child and Adolescent Health   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Child health; Child health services; Population health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; FAMILY LEAVE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887030013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1049     Document Type: Article

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