Prenatal care disparities and the migrant farm worker community

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Bircher, Heidi ^a  

^a Nurse Practitioner at Trinity Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Medically underserved area; Mobile health units; Nurse practitioners; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350135774     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000360423.14110.96     Document Type: Article

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