Prenatal care has long been endorsed as a means to identify mothers at risk of delivering a
preterm or growth-retarded infant and to provide an array of available medical, nutritional …

This article addresses responses from two open‐ended questions, describing the healthy
behaviors and sources of health information in 150 low‐income pregnant women. Data for …

This prospective study examined the effects of prenatal social support on maternal and
infant health and well-being in a sample of low-income pregnant women (N= 129). Three …

This article develops and tests a model of the individual and joint effects of various
consumer characteristics on health information acquisition behaviors (eg, using media …

The author reports a longitudinal quasi experiment that uses the implementation of the
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) to examine the consumer and information …

Rationale Favorable relationships with health care providers predict greater patient
satisfaction and adherence to provider recommendations. However, the specific …

In this study, the authors tested a heuristic model of health belief and family context factors
associated with parent inclination to enroll in parenting skills programs. They collected data …

Patient noncompliance is a pervasive problem among end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
patients. Previous studies have implicated social support as an important correlate of …

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Turkish women, and the use
of breast self-examination (BSE) and mammography remains low in Turkey. Therefore, we …

Medication non-compliance, a pervasive problem among persons with serious, chronic
mental illness, has been linked to increased inpatient resources use in public mental health …