An exploratory study of the Economic and Psychosocial barriers in receiving prenatal care among racial minority women, 1995
Payton, Angel L.
1990-1999
The purpose of this study was to examine the economic and psychosocial barriers to receiving adequate prenatal care among racial minority women.The respondents for this study were thirty racial minority women. The sixteenAfrican-American and fourteen Hispanic women respondents were all postpartum patients at Grady Memorial Hospital. The content of the study includes an in-depth look at both the economic and psychosocial barriers to receiving adequate use prenatal care, as well as the historical perspective. The related topics of low birthweight and infant mortality are also examined. The Cognitive Theory was examined in an attempt to understand the reasoning behind racial minority women not receiving adequate prenatal care. A Pearson's "r" correlation was conducted between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Both of the null hypotheses were accepted. Therefore, the major findings in this study concluded that there was no statistical significance between economic and psychosocial barriers and receiving adequate prenatal care among racial minority women.
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1995-05-01
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Master of Science (MS)
Clark Atlanta University
School of Social Work
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1995_payton_angel_l
