Welfare-to-work interventions and their effects on the mental and physical health of lone parents and their children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Gibson, Marcia ^a   Thomson, Hilary ^a   Banas, Kasia ^b   Lutje, Vittoria ^c   Mckee, Martin J ^d   Martin, Susan P ^a   Fenton, Candida ^a   Bambra, Clare ^e   Bond, Lyndal ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Social Value Lab   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84880150137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009820.pub2     Document Type: Review

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