Using a patient navigator to improve postpartum care in an Urban Women's Health Clinic

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 925-933

  Yee, Lynn M ^a   Martinez, Noelle G ^a   Nguyen, Antoinette T ^a   Hajjar, Nadia ^a   Chen, Melissa J ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; ILLINOIS; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT NAVIGATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 85017135719     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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