A randomized clinical trial of group prenatal care in two military settings

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1169-1177

  Kennedy, Holly Powell ^a   Farrell, Trisha ^b   Paden, Regina ^c   Hill, Maj Shannon ^d   Rima Jolivet, R ^e   Cooper, Bruce A ^f   Rising, Sharon Schindler ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cannon Air Force Base   (United States)

^e Childbirth Connection New York   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Centering Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053520840     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00394     Document Type: Article

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