Improving lifetime trajectories for vulnerable young children and families living with significant stress and social disadvantage: The early years education program randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jordan, Brigid ^a,b   Tseng, Yi Ping ^c   Coombs, Nichola ^a   Kennedy, Anne ^d,e   Borland, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Community Childcare Association Victoria ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Early years education; Randomised controlled trial; Toxic stress; Vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 84907999559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-965     Document Type: Article

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