Mind the Gap: Assessing the Disconnect Between Postpartum Health Information Desired and Health Information Received

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 167-173

  Guerra Reyes, Lucia ^a   Christie, Vanessa M ^a   Prabhakar, Annu ^a   Siek, Katie A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH INFORMATION NEED; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEWBORN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GAP; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85008471362     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.11.004     Document Type: Article

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