Prenatal care for low-income women and the health belief model: A new beginning

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Stout, Anne E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030804502     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1403_4     Document Type: Review

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