Stress and Resilience
Subtitle: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780306466380
Subjects: Health systems & services; Public health & preventive medicine; Research; New York (State); Public Health (General); Sterility And Fertility; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Reproductive health; Public Health; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Medical / Public Health; Medical-Public Health; Medical-Research; Social medicine; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Fertility, Human; New York
First sentence: The purpose of this study was to use ethnographic inquiry to identify the broad social context of gender roles and pregnancy outcomes among a sample of African American women, fully describing the social, economic, and political influences on maternal health during pregnancy.