The Latin American trial of psychosocial support during pregnancy: Effects on mother's wellbeing and satisfaction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1589-1597

  Langer, Ana ^a   Farnot, Ubaldo ^b   Garcia, Cecilia ^a   Barros, Fernando ^c   Victora, Cesar ^c   Belizan, Jose M ^d   Villar, Jose ^d  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Home visitation; Pregnancy; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANT WOMEN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0029669856     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00262-6     Document Type: Article

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