Prenatal care among immigrant and racial-ethnic minority women in a new immigrant destination: Exploring the impact of immigrant legal status

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1695-1703

  Korinek, Kim ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Immigrant health; Prenatal care; Racial ethnic disparities; Undocumented immigrants; USA; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79955948645     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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