Barriers and facilitators to attending pre-pregnancy care services: The ATLANTIC-DIP experience

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 366-374

  O'Higgins, S ^a   Mcguire, B E ^a,b   Mustafa, E ^b   Dunne, F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Galway   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84894047503     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12370     Document Type: Article

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