Engagement: An indicator of difference in the perceptions of antenatal care for pregnant women from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds

Health Expectations

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-138

  Docherty, Angie ^a   Bugge, Carol ^b   Watterson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Case study; Engagement; Health inequalities; Health literacy; Socioeconomic deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861443107     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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