Postpartum health, service needs, and access to care experiences of immigrant and Canadian-born women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-727

  Sword, Wendy ^a   Watt, Susan ^a,b   Krueger, Paul ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Social Sciences

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Health status; Immigrants; Nursing; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947277866     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2006.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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