Barriers and facilitators related to use of prenatal care by inner-city women: Perceptions of health care providers

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Heaman, Maureen I ^a   Sword, Wendy ^b   Elliott, Lawrence ^a   Moffatt, Michael ^a   Helewa, Michael E ^a   Morris, Heather ^c   Gregory, Patricia ^d   Tjaden, Lynda ^e   Cook, Catherine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Red River College   (Canada)

^e WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Health care providers; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Provider perceptions; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INNER CITY; INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD; LIFESTYLE; MIDWIFE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSTETRICIAN; PARAPROFESSIONAL HOME VISITOR; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTOR; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OBSTETRIC NURSING; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84924092670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0431-5     Document Type: Article

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