Do home-visit programs for mothers with infants reduce parenting stress and increase social capital in Japan?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1167-1176

  Fujiwara, Takeo ^a,b   Natsume, Keiko ^b,c   Okuyama, Makiko ^d   Sato, Takuyo ^e   Kawachi, Ichiro ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Aichi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; PARENTAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

EID: 84872035750     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200793     Document Type: Article

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