Midwifery and Health Disparities: Theories and Intersections

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Cox, Kim J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

health disparities; health inequalities; midwifery; midwives; social determinants of health; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSE MIDWIVES; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 57849154812     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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