Lone parents, health, wellbeing and welfare to work: A systematic review of qualitative studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Campbell, Mhairi ^a   Thomson, Hilary ^a   Fenton, Candida ^a   Gibson, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Lone parent; Qualitative synthesis; Systematic review; Welfare reform; Welfare to work; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959254161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2880-9     Document Type: Article

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