Pediatric interventions to support reading aloud: How good is the evidence?

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 352-363

  Needlman, Robert ^a,c   Silverstein, Michael ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Reach Out and Read; Reading; Reading aloud

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING;

EID: 8744290925     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200410000-00007     Document Type: Review

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