Stress and the social determinants of maternal health among puerto rican women: A CBPR approach

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1315-1330

  Bermúdez Millán, Angela ^a   Damio, Grace ^b   Cruz, Joan ^e   D'Angelo, Karen ^e   Segura Pérez, Sofia ^b   Hromi Fiedler, Amber ^c   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^d  

^a Connecticut NIH EXPORT Center ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Community Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Yale School of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

Discrimination; Education; Environment; Food insecurity; Maternal health; Puerto Ricans; Social determinants of health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134927     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0108     Document Type: Article

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