Supporting fathers in the transition to parenthood

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Halle, Claire ^a   Dowd, Toni ^b   Fowler, Cathrine ^c   Rissel, Karin ^a   Hennessy, Kathy ^a   MacNevin, Regina ^a   Nelson, Marie Ann ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expectations; Experience; Fatherhood; Nursing; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FATHER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATHERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449168072     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.31.1.57     Document Type: Article

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