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Do Child Welfare Clinics Influence Growth?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Patricia Desai ,
Leotta M. Clarke  and
Catherine E. Heron
Patricia Desai
Affiliation:
MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Leotta M. Clarke
Affiliation:
MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Catherine E. Heron
Affiliation:
MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Summary

Child welfare clinics established in a rural Jamaican community for research purposes are described. These special clinics were able to devote more resources to the care of their children than is usual, yet the growth and health of these children were very similar to those in another group to whom this service was not available and who attended routine government welfare clinics only infrequently.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1970 , pp. 305 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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