I Am Pregnant and Want to Do Better But I Can’t: Focus Groups with Low-Income Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1060-1070

  Chang, Mei Wei ^a   Nitzke, Susan ^b   Buist, Diana ^c   Cain, Deborah ^d   Horning, Stefanie ^c   Eghtedary, Kobra ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WIC Program Jackson County Health Department   (United States)

^d Genesee County Health Department   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Low income; Obesity; Pregnant; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MICHIGAN; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; SELF-CONTROL; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928254370     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1605-x     Document Type: Article

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