Life Stressors and Barriers to Timely Prenatal Care for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Residing in Rural and Nonrural Areas

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kitsantas, Panagiota ^a   Gaffney, Kathleen F ^a   Cheema, Jehanzeb ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MONEY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865747109     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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