Social and Clinical Risk Assessment Among Pregnant Haitian Women in South Florida

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Fordyce, Lauren ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ethnography; Haitians; prenatal care; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNAPPING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350326366     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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