A qualitative study of the meaning of fatherhood among young urban fathers

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-231

  Lemay, Celeste A ^a   Cashman, Suzanne B ^a   Elfenbein, Dianne S ^b   Felice, Marianne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent fatherhood; Adolescent pregnancy; Attitudes; Beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955071564     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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