Integrating the life course perspective into a local maternal and child health program

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Pies, Cheri ^a   Parthasarathy, Padmini ^b   Posner, Samuel F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Family Maternal and Child Health Programs   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Health equity; Life Course Perspective; Local health department; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860886448     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0800-2     Document Type: Review

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