Pregnancy health status of sub-Saharan refugee women who have resettled in developed countries: A review of the literature

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-414

  Carolan, Mary ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to care; African; Midwifery; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Refugees

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFUGEES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77954625398     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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