Background. Ethnic minority patients seem to be confronted with barriers when using health
services. Yet, care providers are often oblivious to these barriers, although they may share to …

Since the early 1950s, the Health Belief Model (HBM) has been one of the most widely used
conceptual frameworks in health behavior research, both to explain change and …

Social support provides general social therapy for all types of incongruities one may
encounter, soothing and relieving the symptoms of the person encountering the incongruity …

The goals of this second edition are to examine how the areas of health, illness, and
medicine can be studied from a psychological and cultural perspective and to introduce the …

The overall purpose of this article is to examine population differences in the risk of infant
mortality by race/ethnicity, with special attention given to the influence of nativity. Data are …

Background: Improving maternal health is a global challenge. In Ghana, maternal morbidity
and mortality rates remain high, particularly in rural areas. Antenatal care (ANC) attendance …

The objective of this study was to estimate the relative risk of postpartum complication by
type of delivery among Ohio Medicaid beneficiaries. The study uses the linked Medicaid and …

Objective: This study, designed to avoid methodologic limitations of previous research,
aimed to identify the important noninsurance barriers to timely prenatal care. Methods: We …

Many municipalities provide special prenatal care services targeted to low-income women
whose access to prenatal care is constrained. For such services to be successful and …

BACKGROUND Early access to quality prenatal care is an essential component of
improving maternal and neonatal outcomes as it allows for early intervention and risk …