Moving toward evidence-based federal healthy start program evaluations: Accounting for bias in birth outcomes studies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Meghea, Cristian I ^a,b   Raffo, Jennifer E ^a   VanderMeulen, Peggy ^c   Roman, Lee Anne ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Spectrum Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893504662     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301276     Document Type: Article

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