Prenatal care use among women of low income: A matter of "taking care of self"

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-332

  Sword, Wendy ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Social and Public Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Low income women; Prenatal care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0037502943     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399702250128     Document Type: Article

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