Literacy promotion: An essential component of primary care pediatric practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-409

  High, Pamela C ^a   Klass, Perri ^b   Donoghue, Elaine ^a   Glassy, Danette ^a   DelConte, Beth ^a   Earls, Marian ^a   Lieser, Dina ^a   McFadden, Terri ^a   Mendelsohn, Alan ^a   Scholer, Seth ^a   Schulte, Elaine E ^a   Takagishi, Jennifer ^a   Vanderbilt, Douglas ^a   Williams, P Gail ^a   Gray, Lauren ^c   Lerner, Claire ^a   Hamilton, Barbara ^d   Alkon, Abbey ^e   Geronilla, Karina ^f   Zia, Charlotte O ^a   VanOrsdal, Jeanne ^a   more..

^a Committee on Early Childhood Adoption and Dependent Care ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)   (United States)

^d Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^e National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners   (United States)

^f Section on Medical Students Residents and Fellowship Trainees   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Early brain development; Language development; Literacy promotion; Reading aloud; School readiness

Indexed keywords

BOOK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LITERACY PROMOTION; READING ALOUD; SCHOOL READINESS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; READING;

EID: 84905270193     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1384     Document Type: Review

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