The Role of Health Information Sources in Decision-Making Among Hispanic Mothers During Their Children’s First 1000 Days of Life

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2536-2543

  Criss, Shaniece ^a   Woo Baidal, Jennifer A ^b,c   Goldman, Roberta E ^a,d   Perkins, Meghan ^c   Cunningham, Courtney ^c   Taveras, Elsie M ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Early childhood; Health information; Hispanic; Infants; Mothers; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIGRANT; MOTHER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943364269     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1774-2     Document Type: Article

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