Therapeutic networks of pregnancy care: Bengali immigrant women in New York City

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 362-369

  Chakrabarti, Ranjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday places; Health; Immigrant women; Multiple scales; Pregnancy care; Social therapeutic networks; Therapeutic landscapes; USA

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ETHNIC GROUP; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

BENGAL; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953684778     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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