The impact of nurse case management home visitation on birth outcomes in African-American women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Wells, Natalie ^a,f   Sbrocco, Tracy ^a,b   Hsiao, Chiao Wen ^e   Hill, Lauren D ^a,b   Vaughn, Nicole A ^c   Lockley, Brenda ^d,e  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Office of Minority and Multicultural Health   (United States)

^e Department of Health and Human Services ^*

^f Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 2   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Obstetrics gynecology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NURSE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149103672     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31301-8     Document Type: Article

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