Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 342-346 , 1 November 2006

Planning for Health Promotion in Low-Income Preschool Child Care Settings: Focus Groups of Parents and Child Care Providers

  • Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215
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  • Nancy LaPelle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass USA
    • ,
  • Ruchi S. Gupta, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies and Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill USA
    • ,
  • Jonathan A. Finkelstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass USA

Received 21 March 2006 ,Accepted 28 July 2006.

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PII: S1530-1567(06)00173-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.07.004

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 342-346 , 1 November 2006

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