Impact of pre-conception health care: Evaluation of a social determinants focused intervention

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-391

  Livingood, William C ^a,b   Brady, Carol ^c   Pierce, Kimberly ^a   Atrash, Hani ^d   Hou, Tao ^a   Bryant III, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c The Magnolia Project   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter conception care; Multiple determinants; Social status; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954930277     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0471-4     Document Type: Article

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