Benefits and Barriers to Well-Child Care: Perceptions of Mothers in a Rural State

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-187

  Earle, Leigh Powell ^a,c   Burman, Mary E ^b  

^a Casper Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; WYOMING;

EID: 0032090437     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00337.x     Document Type: Article

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