Caregiving and help seeking by mothers of low birthweight infants and mothers of normal birthweight infants

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-279

  May, Kathleen M ^a   Hu, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Help seeking; Low birthweight; Premature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034221119     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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