Exploring the social determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in prenatal care utilization and maternal outcome

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 308-317

  Gadson, Alexis ^a   Akpovi, Eloho ^a   Mehta, Pooja K ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal care; Racial disparity; Racism; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MINORITY HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020741858     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2017.04.008     Document Type: Article

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