Local public health delivery of maternal child health services: Are specific activities associated with reductions in black-white mortality disparities?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 615-623

  Bekemeier, Betey ^a   Grembowski, David ^a   Yang, Young Ran ^a   Herting, Jerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Mortality; Prenatal care; Preventive services; Public health systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860853798     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0794-9     Document Type: Article

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