Young Aboriginal women's voices on pregnancy care: Factors encouraging antenatal engagement

Women and Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-53

  Reibel, Tracy ^a   Morrison, Lisa ^b   Griffin, Denese ^c   Chapman, Llinos ^c   Woods, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Aboriginal Community Consultant   (Australia)

^c Obstetric and Gynaecological Clinical Care Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal adolescent women; Antenatal care; Cultural knowledge; Pregnancy; Pregnancy knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE USE; SUPPORT GROUP; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84923329423     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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