Providing prenatal care to pregnant women with overweight or obesity: Differences in provider communication and ratings of the patient-provider relationship by patient body weight

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1103-1110

  Washington Cole, Katie O ^a   Gudzune, Kimberly A ^b   Bleich, Sara N ^a   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a   Bennett, Wendy L ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^b   Roter, Debra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction analysis; Obesity; Patient provider communication; Pregnancy; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SELF DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECORDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREJUDICE; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 85008496933     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.12.030     Document Type: Article

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