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Abstract
Postpartum in-hospital interviews with 496 low-income women in New York City revealed that attitudinal and motivational barriers as well as financial obstacles are significant impediments to timely initiation of prenatal care. The two most common reasons cited by these women in explaining why they had obtained prenatal care late or not at all were motivational items: "feeling depressed and not up to going for care" and "needing time and energy to deal with other problems." In logistic regression analyses, receipt of late or no prenatal care was significantly associated with the latter motivational barrier, along with the cost of care, having no health insurance, being Hispanic, being a substance abuser and holding negative attitudes toward the use of prenatal care.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Blacks; Cultural Background; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Financial Activities; Health; Health Insurance; Health Services; Hispanics; Low Income Population; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Motivation; New York; North America; Northern America; Obstacles; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Program Accessibility; Program Evaluation; Programs; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Research Report; Resource Allocation; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Statistical Studies; Studies; United States
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2272380
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fam Plann Perspect ISSN： 0014-7354