Populations at Risk Across the Lifespan: Case Studies: Psychological and Physical Abuse Among Pregnant Women in a Medicaid-Sponsored Prenatal Program

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 385-398

  Raffo, Jennifer E ^a   Meghea, Cristian I ^a   Zhu, Qi ^a   Roman, Lee Anne ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Enhanced prenatal services; Maternal and child health; Physical abuse; Psychological abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649453001     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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