Women's preconceptional health and use of health services: Implications for preconception care

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P1, 2008, Pages 54-75

  Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^b   Chase, Gary A ^b   Dyer, Anne Marie ^b   Shaffer, Michele L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Preconception health; Pregnancy; Surveys; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STRESS; TELEPHONE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 40649113903     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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