The evaluation of tailored and web-based information for new fathers

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Fletcher, Richard ^a   Vimpani, G ^a   Russell, G ^b   Keatinge, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatherhood; Fathering; Infants; Tailoring information; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44949103349     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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