A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Parenting Intervention in Low-Resource Settings in Panama

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 707-717

  Mejia, Anilena ^a   Calam, Rachel ^a   Sanders, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child behavioral difficulties; Low resource settings; Parenting

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANAMA; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANAMA; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84930274694     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-015-0551-1     Document Type: Article

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