Attitudes and perceptions of body image in postpartum African American women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-25

  Morin, Karen H ^a   Brogan, Samantha ^b   Flavin, Susan K ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fross country Travcorps   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Body image; Body mass index; Postpartum care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036362458     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200201000-00008     Document Type: Article

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