Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization Among U.S. Versus Foreign-Born Women with Chronic Conditions

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1263-1270

  Goldfarb, Samantha S ^a   Smith, Whitney ^b   Epstein, Anne E ^b   Burrows, Stevie ^c   Wingate, Martha ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal chronic conditions; Maternal health; Maternal nativity; Prenatal care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIGRANT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969921131     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0435-x     Document Type: Article

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