Getting more than they realized they needed: A qualitative study of women's experience of group prenatal care

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McNeil, Deborah A ^a,b   Vekved, Monica ^a,b   Dolan, Siobhan M ^c   Siever, Jodi ^a   Horn, Sarah ^a,b   Tough, Suzanne C ^b  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Pregnant women; Prenatal care; Social support; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PRENATAL CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LEARNING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84858608301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-17     Document Type: Article

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