Racial differences in the association between partner abuse and barriers to prenatal health care among Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-359

  Ta, Van M ^a   Hayes, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Family Health Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Native hawaiian other pacific islander; Partner abuse; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 77954913067     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0463-4     Document Type: Article

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