Maternal social support and neighborhood income inequality as predictors of low birth weight and preterm birth outcome disparities: Analysis of South Carolina pregnancy risk assessment and monitoring system survey, 2000-2003

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 774-785

  Nkansah Amankra, Stephen ^a   Dhawain, Ashish ^b   Hussey, James Robert ^c   Luchok, Kathryn J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Income inequality; Low birth weight; Neighborhood contexts; Poverty; Preterm birth; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956229902     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0508-8     Document Type: Article

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