Methodological review of the quality of reach out and read: Does it "work"?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-350

  Yeager Pelatti, Christina ^a   Pentimonti, Jill M ^b   Justice, Laura M ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Methodological review; Reach Out and Read

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PEER REVIEW; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REACH OUT AND READ; READING; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN;

LITERACY; METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW; REACH OUT AND READ;

BOOKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; READING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896778939     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813507995     Document Type: Article

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