Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 444-453

  Servan Mori, Edson ^a   Sosa Rubí, Sandra G ^a   Najera Leon, Esmeralda ^b   Darney, Blair G ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; disparities; indigenous; low birth weight; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POPULATION GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965123060     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv082     Document Type: Article

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