Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Personal Capital during Pregnancy: Findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-222

  Wakeel, Fathima ^a   Witt, Whitney P ^a   Wisk, Lauren E ^a   Lu, Michael C ^b,c,d,e   Chao, Shin M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal and child health; Personal capital; Pregnancy; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MINORITY HEALTH; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MINORITY HEALTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892563713     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1256-3     Document Type: Article

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