Residential mobility in the UK during pregnancy and infancy: Are pregnant women, new mothers and infants 'unhealthy migrants'?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-798

  Tunstall, Helena ^a   Pickett, Kate ^a   Johnsen, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Homeless; Infant; Internal migration; Pregnancy; Residential mobility; Residential satisfaction; Social support; UK

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; LOGISTICS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING TEST; HOME; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANCY; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955097258     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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