Fathers' engagement in pregnancy and childbirth: Evidence from a national survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Redshaw, Maggie ^a   Henderson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Fathers; Paternal engagement; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84875069199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-70     Document Type: Article

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