Factors affecting antenatal care attendance by mothers of Pacific infants living in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1216, 2005, Pages

  Low, Pamela ^a   Paterson, Janis ^b   Wouldes, Trecia ^c   Carter, Sarnia ^b   Williams, Maynard ^b   Percival, Teuila ^b,d  

^a Psychological Service   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Kidz First Children's Hospital Auckland   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOK ISLANDS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; ABORIGINE; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27244461051     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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