"You learn to go last": Perceptions of prenatal care experiences among African-American women with limited incomes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1753-1759

  Ward, Trina C Salm ^a,b   Mazul, Mary ^a,c   Ngui, Emmanuel M ^a,b   Bridgewater, Farrin D ^a,b   Harley, Amy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Center for Urban Population Health   (United States)

^c Wheaton Franciscan St Joseph Women's Outpatient Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal care; Racial discrimination; Racial disparities; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893708082     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1194-5     Document Type: Article

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