Do Father-Friendly Policies Promote Father-Friendly Child-Rearing Practices? A Review of Swedish Parental Leave and Child Health Centers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Wells, Michael B ^a   Sarkadi, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child health centers; Fathers; Parental leave; Public policy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856331100     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9487-7     Document Type: Article

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