Strengthening systems for integrated early childhood development services: A cross-national analysis of governance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-255

  Britto, Pia Rebello ^a,c   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b   van Ravens, Jan ^c   Ponguta, Liliana Angelica ^c,d   Reyes, Maria ^c,d   Oh, Soojin ^b   Dimaya, Roland ^d   Nieto, Ana María ^b   Seder, Richard ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Early childhood; Governance; Low and middle income countries (LMICs); Systems strengthening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COORDINATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD; GOVERNANCE; LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (LMICS); SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 84893122509     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12365     Document Type: Article

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