Daniels Pamela, Noe Godfrey Fuji, Mayberry Robert
Program for Healthcare Effectiveness Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Am J Health Behav. 2006 Mar-Apr;30(2):188-98. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2006.30.2.188.
To qualitatively identify attitudinal and psychosocial determinants of early prenatal care among Black women of low socioeconomic status (SES).
Focus group discussions were conducted among Black women who attended community clinics for prenatal care.
Early initiators of prenatal care, compared with late initiators, had positive attitudes toward pregnancy, were knowledgeable about pregnancy signs/symptoms, and thought prenatal care was important. All participants indicated strong social support during pregnancy. Late initiators, particularly multiparous women, perceived clinic staff to be insensitive.
Findings provide valuable insight into overcoming barriers to early initiation of prenatal care among low SES Black women.
定性确定社会经济地位低下（SES）的黑人女性早期产前护理的态度和心理社会决定因素。
对到社区诊所接受产前护理的黑人女性进行焦点小组讨论。
与晚期开始者相比，早期开始产前护理者对怀孕持积极态度，了解怀孕体征/症状，并认为产前护理很重要。所有参与者均表示在孕期得到了强大的社会支持。晚期开始者，尤其是经产妇，认为诊所工作人员冷漠无情。
研究结果为克服低SES黑人女性早期开始产前护理的障碍提供了宝贵的见解。
