Interpregnancy primary care and social support for African-American women at risk for recurrent very-low-birthweight delivery: A pilot evaluation

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-468

  Dunlop, Anne Lang ^a   Dubin, Cynthia ^a   Raynor, B Denise ^a   Bugg Jr , George W ^a   Schmotzer, Brian ^b   Brann Jr , Alfred W ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth intervals; Preconception care; Pregnancy outcomes; Primary care; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 48649097496     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0279-z     Document Type: Article

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