Perceptions about prenatal care: Views of urban vulnerable groups

BMC Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-9

  Milligan, Renee ^a   Wingrove, Barbara K ^b   Richards, Leslie ^c   Rodan, Margaret ^d   Monroe Lord, Lillie ^c   Jackson, Velishie ^e   Hatcher, Barbara ^f   Harris, Cynthia ^g   Henderson, Cassandra ^b   Johnson, Allan A ^g  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPOUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0037032536     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-25     Document Type: Article

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