Prenatal Care of African American Women in Selected USA Urban and Rural Cultural Contexts

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Morgan, Marjorie ^a  

^a Department of Health and Environmental Control of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029678530     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365969600700202     Document Type: Article

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