Mothers' decision-making processes regarding health care for their children

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-168

  Gross, Gloria Jean ^a   Howard, Mabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Panhandle Community Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health care; Decision making; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NEBRASKA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035348438     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2001.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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