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Seeking Information: Where Do Pregnant Women Go?

dc.contributor.authorAaronson, Lauren S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMural, Carolen_US
dc.contributor.authorPfoutz, Susanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:38:36Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:38:36Z
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.identifier.citationAaronson, Lauren; Mural, Carol; Pfoutz, Susan (1988). "Seeking Information: Where Do Pregnant Women Go?." Health Education & Behavior 15(3): 335-345. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67615>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1090-1981en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67615
dc.description.abstractAs part of a larger investigation of health behaviors and beliefs during pregnancy, a sample of 529 women were asked to identify their major sources of information about what they should and should not do during their pregnancies. Health care providers and books were cited as first or second most important by the largest number of respondents. When associations between respondent characteristics and preferred in formation sources were explored, it was found that women of higher socioeconomic status (SES) relied more on books and less on family than did women of lower SES. In addition, having had a previous pregnancy was associated with greater use of one's self as an information source. Although provider characteristics were not associated with choice of information source, women who perceived more support from their pro viders viewed them as more important sources of information. A similar effect for family was found. Health locus of control beliefs also were related to the relative importance of selected sources of information, while general social support was not.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleSeeking Information: Where Do Pregnant Women Go?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEducationen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Nursing, The University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Nursing, The University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Nursing, The University of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67615/2/10.1177_109019818801500307.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/109019818801500307en_US
dc.identifier.sourceHealth Education & Behavioren_US
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