Enhancing the child survival agenda to promote, protect, and support early child development

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 373-386

  Jensen, Sarah K G ^a   Bouhouch, Raschida R ^b   Walson, Judd L ^c,d   Daelmans, Bernadette ^b   Bahl, Rajiv ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^e   Dua, Tarun ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Coordination; Early child development; Integration; Intervention; Life course perspective; Risk factors; Scaling up

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PROTECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84952667236     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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