Migrant women's utilization of prenatal care: A systematic review

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 816-836

  Heaman, M ^a   Bayrampour, H ^b,c   Kingston, D ^d   Blondel, B ^e   Gissler, M ^f,g   Roth, C ^h   Alexander, S ⁱ   Gagnon, A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Centre for Child Family and Community Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^h KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Emigrants; Immigrants; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84879088272     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1058-z     Document Type: Review

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