Cluster Sampling with Referral to Improve the Efficiency of Estimating Unmet Needs among Pregnant and Postpartum Women after Disasters

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Horney, Jennifer ^a   Zotti, Marianne E ^b   Williams, Amy ^b   Hsia, Jason ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; NATURAL DISASTER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TORNADO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860360865     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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