Parent-reported measures of child health and wellbeing in same-sex parent families: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Crouch, Simon R ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   McNair, Ruth ^b   Power, Jennifer ^c   Davis, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Parenting; Sexuality; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84902707173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-635     Document Type: Article

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