Situational and financial barriers to prenatal care in a sample of low-income, inner-city women.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  St Clair, P A ; Smeriglio, V L ; Alexander, C S ; Connell, F A ; Niebyl, J R
• Description:
  The relationship between the use of prenatal care and factors that may impede access to care was examined in a sample of low-income, inner-city women. Situational and financial barriers to care were not important correlates of utilization. In unadjusted analyses, only insurance status and employment status were associated with utilization. Of the sociodemographic characteristics studied, only parity was strongly associated with the use of prenatal care. When the apparent associations between utilization and insurance status and utilization and employment were analyzed controlling for parity, the estimated strength and statistical significance of these relationships diminished considerably. Multiparous women who were more likely than primiparous women to be underutilizers were also more likely to be on medical assistance and to be unemployed. These findings suggest that situational and financial barriers are not important correlates of utilization for low-income, adult women living in urban areas where there are accessible clinic facilities and public transportation. Efforts to identify and surmount other kinds of barriers may prove to be a more effective approach to prenatal outreach for women in these circumstances.
• Subjects:
  Adult Educational Status Employment Female Health Surveys Humans Insurance, Health Marriage Maternal Health Services Parity Poverty Pregnancy Prenatal Care Research Article Urban Population

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 105(3):264-267
• Pubmed ID:
  2113685
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  105
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
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  urn:sha256:97947b6ead12a3aa98526430d1aad7c43f7625714b875f2d79121f8c81597007
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