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Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 131-141 , September 2010

The role of child health nurses in supporting parents of young infants

    Dr.
  • Ritva Eronen, PhD, M Ed, B Nursing, RN, RM, CHN, MRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Child, Youth and Women's Health Program, ACT Health, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: GPO Box 825, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 62050870; fax: +61 2 62051180.
    • , Professor
  • Jan Pincombe, PhD, M App Sc., Post Grad Dip Ed., BA(Psychology), RM, RN, RIN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Australia
    • , Dr.
  • Helen Calabretto, PhD, M Ed St, B Ed, Dip T, RN, RM, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Australia

Received 14 December 2009 ,Revised 23 March 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.04.001

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