Barriers to and facilitators of postpartum follow-up care in women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Bennett, Wendy L ^a,b   Ennen, Christopher S ^a   Carrese, Joseph A ^a   Hill Briggs, Felicia ^a   Levine, David M ^a   Nicholson, Wanda K ^c   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79951749165     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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