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Parenting Support in Europe's North: How Is It Understood and Evaluated in Research?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø
Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø*
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Uni Research Rokkan Centre, Bergen E-mail: astrid.sundsbo@uni.no
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Parenting support in the Nordic countries builds upon a century-long tradition of controls and services run by municipalities and county councils (Hagelund, 2008; Danielsen and Mühleisen, 2009; Lundqvist, 2015). However, with the introduction of structured parental guidance programmes from the 1990s onward (mainly based on research insights and experiences from the US and UK), new elements have been added to the former policy legacy (Lundqvist, 2015).

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Themed Section on Parenting Support in the Nordic Countries: Is there a Specific Nordic Model?
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 2018 , pp. 431 - 441
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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