Complex calculations: How drug use during pregnancy becomes a barrier to prenatal care

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-341

  Roberts, Sarah C M ^a,b   Pies, Cheri ^b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer involvement; Illicit drugs; Pregnant women; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955681831     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0594-7     Document Type: Article

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