Family matters: How mothers of adolescent parents experience adolescent pregnancy and parenting

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-353

  Dallas, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent father; Adolescent parents; Father involvement; Grandmothers

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4243143942     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21408.x     Document Type: Article

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