Potential for a stress reduction intervention to promote healthy gestational weight gain: Focus groups with low-income pregnant women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Melanie ^a   Vieten, Cassandra ^b   Adler, Nancy ^a   Ammondson, Ingrid ^b   Coleman Phox, Kimberly ^a   Epel, Elissa ^a   Laraia, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MINDFULNESS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899671910     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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