No data, no problem, no action: Parenting programs in low-income countries. Making the social-emotional outcomes more visible

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-124

  Tinajero, A R ^a   Cohen, N J ^a,b   Ametorwo, S ^a  

^a The Hincks Dellcrest Centre and the Hincks Dellcrest Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Developing countries; Low income countries; Parenting; Parenting programs; Socio emotional development

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMOTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84955259003     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12301     Document Type: Article

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