The impact of race and ethnicity on receipt of family planning services in the United States

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Schwarz, Eleanor B ^a,c   Creinin, Mitchell ^c,d   Ibrahim, Said ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149396253     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0976     Document Type: Article

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