Hispanic Labor Friends initiative: Supporting vulnerable women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Hazard, Cambria Jones ^a   Callister, Lynn Clark ^a   Birkhead, FAAN Ana ^a   Nichols, Lisa ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ogden Midtown Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic immigrant women; Labor support; Outcomes evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LABOR; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63549146572     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000347306.15950.ae     Document Type: Article

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