Reasons, health behaviors, and outcomes of no prenatal care: Research that changed practice

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Higgins, Patricia Grant ^a,b   Woods, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ New Mex Hlth Sci Ctr Hosp ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NEW MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033091893     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245836     Document Type: Article

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