Social support and psychological functioning among high-risk mothers: The impact of the baby love maternal outreach worker program

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-291

  Navaie Waliser, Maryam ^a   Martin, Sandra L ^b   Tessaro, Irene ^c   Campbell, Marci K ^b   Cross, Alan W ^d  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Home visitation; Informal care; Medicaid; Mental health; Pregnancy; Psychological functioning; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAID; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034219012     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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