India's integrated child development services scheme: challenges for scaling up

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 31-40

  Rao, N ^a   Kaul, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; integrated child development service; scaling up

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; NURSERY SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 85038018479     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12531     Document Type: Article

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