Young parenthood program: Supporting positive paternal engagement through coparenting counseling

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1886-1892

  Florsheim, Paul ^a,b   Burrow Sánchez, Jason J ^b   Minami, Takuya ^c   McArthur, Laura ^b   Heavin, Sarah ^b   Hudak, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866315640     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300902     Document Type: Article

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