Midwives’ and Other Perinatal Health Workers’ Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States
dc.contributor.author | Craft-Blacksheare, Melva | |
dc.contributor.author | Kahn, Peggy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-03T21:11:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-03 16:11:09 | en |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-03T21:11:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Craft-Blacksheare, Melva ; Kahn, Peggy (2023). "Midwives- and Other Perinatal Health Workers- Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States." Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 68(1): 62-70. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1526-9523 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1542-2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175945 | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.subject.other | race | |
dc.subject.other | social determinants of health | |
dc.subject.other | midwives | |
dc.subject.other | Black maternal mortality | |
dc.title | Midwives’ and Other Perinatal Health Workers’ Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Nursing | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175945/1/jmwh13433_am.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175945/2/jmwh13433.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jmwh.13433 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health | |
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