The Effect of Incarceration on Urban Fathers' Health

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-350

  Curtis, Marah A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

incarcerated fathers; prison health care; urban fathers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FATHER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FATHERS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959561189     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988310385104     Document Type: Article

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