Health behaviors, service utilization, and access to care among older mothers of color who have children with developmental disabilities

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-280

  Magaña, Sandy ^a   Smith, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NEGRO; NURSING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55449117905     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556(2008)46[267:HBSUAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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