Fathers' beliefs about parenting and fathers' clubs to promote child health in rural Haiti

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-498

  Sloand, Elizabeth ^a   Gebrian, Bette ^b   Astone, Nan Marie ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Haitian Health Foundation   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Caribbean people cultures; children; families; fathers, fathering; health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HAITI; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84857807961     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311425054     Document Type: Review

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