Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 118-129 , July 2004

Consumer assessment of the quality of interpersonal processes of prenatal care among ethnically diverse low-income women: Development of a new measure

  • Sabrina T. Wong, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • University of California, San Francisco Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sabrina T. Wong, PhD, RN, University of British Columbia, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC V6T-2B5, Canada
    • ,
  • Carol C. Korenbrot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and the Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Francisco, California, USA
    • University of California, San Francisco Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, San Francisco, California, USA
    • ,
  • Anita L. Stewart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health and Aging, San Francisco, California, USA
    • University of California, San Francisco Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, San Francisco, California, USA

Received 10 November 2003 ,Revised 8 March 2004 ,Accepted 5 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2004.04.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 118-129 , July 2004

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