Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10064, 2017, Pages 103-118

  Richter, Linda M ^a   Daelmans, Bernadette ^b   Lombardi, Joan ^d,o   Heymann, Jody ^e   Boo, Florencia Lopez ^f   Behrman, Jere R ^g   Lu, Chunling ^h   Lucas, Jane E ⁱ   Perez Escamilla, Rafael ^j   Dua, Tarun ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^k   Stenberg, Karin ^l   Gertler, Paul ^m   Darmstadt, Gary L ⁿ   Bouhouch, R R ^c   Cetin, Z ^c   Chadwick, K ^c   Das, J ^c   Earle, A ^c   Jensen, S K G ^c   Khan, N Z ^c   Milovantseva, N ^c   Ralaidovy, A ^c   Rao, A ^c   Raub, A ^c   Samuels, M L ^c   Segura Perez, S ^c   Servili, C ^c   Shawar, Y ^c   Shiffman, M ^c   Tomlinson, M ^c   Torres, A ^c   Vargas Baron, E ^c   Vazquez, C ^c   Yoshikawa, H ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Child and Adolescent Health

^c Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ^*

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ Consultant in International Health and Child Development ^*  (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^l AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o Bernard Van Leer Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PROTECTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICS; POVERTY;

EID: 85002062931     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31698-1     Document Type: Review

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