Health behaviors of low-income pregnant minority women

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-300

  Esperat, Christine ^a,b   Feng, Du ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Owen, Donna ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health locus of control; Minority women; Prenatal care; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS;

EID: 34248181950     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945906295532     Document Type: Article

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