Attitudes toward birth spacing among low-income, postpartum women: A qualitative analysis

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1440-1446

  Bryant, Allison ^a   Fernandez Lamothe, Ana ^b   Kuppermann, Miriam ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth spacing; Low income; Postpartum; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871684544     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0911-9     Document Type: Article

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