The Personal Experience of Pregnancy for African-American Women

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Mann, Rosemary J ^a   Abercrombie, Priscilla D ^b   Dejoseph, Jeanne ^b   Norbeck, Jane S ^b   Smith, Renee T ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 0033201852     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365969901000408     Document Type: Article

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