Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25, January 2008

Women’s Perceived Control of Their Birth Outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women’s Health Study:

Implications for the Use of Preconception Care

  • Carol S. Weisman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University Collage of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Carol S. Weisman, PhD, is Professor of Public Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Director of the Central Pennsylvania Center of Excellence for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes at the Penn State College of Medicine. Her research focuses on women’s health care and policy.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Carol S. Weisman, PhD, Penn State College of Medicine, 600 Centerview Drive, Hershey, PA. Fax: 717-531-0839.
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  • Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhD, MPH, is Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests focus on maternal and child health and health disparities.
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  • Gary A. Chase, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University Collage of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Gary A. Chase, PhD, is Professor of Public Health Sciences and Chief of the Division of Biostatistics at the Penn State College of Medicine. he has served as principle statistician on a number of projects related to public health and infant outcomes.
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  • Dawn P. Misra, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Dawn P. Misra, PhD, is Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is a perinatal epidemiologist with a principal interest in maternal and child health.
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  • Cynthia H. Chuang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University Collage of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the Penn State College of Medicine. Her research focuses on reproductive health care for women with chronic medical conditions.
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  • Roxanne Parrott, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • Roxanne Parrott, PhD, is Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Director of the Center for Health & Risk Communications at Pennsylvania State University. She is a health communication researcher with interest in women’s health.
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  • Anne-Marie Dyer, MS

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University Collage of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Anne-Marie Dyer, MS, is a biostatistician in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Penn State College of Medicine. Her interests include the analysis of categorical data in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.

Received 18 June 2007; received in revised form 7 August 2007 published online 22 October 2007.

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 Funded, in part, under grant number 4100020719 with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions.

PII: S1049-3867(07)00114-4

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2007.08.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25, January 2008

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