Titre :
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Provider and patient influences on the formation of socioeconomic health behavior disparities among pregnant women. (2013)
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Auteurs :
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HERNANDEZ (Elaine-M) : USA. Population Research Center. The University of Texas. Austin. TX.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 82, 2013)
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Pagination :
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35-42
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Homme
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Malade
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Formation
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Comportement
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Grossesse
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Femme
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Femme enceinte
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Profession santé
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Connaissance
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 8HR0xGCB. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Socially advantaged individuals are better positioned to benefit from advances in biomedicine, which frequently results in the emergence of social inequalities in health. I use survey and in-depth interviews with pregnant women and their health care providers from four Midwestern clinics in the United States, conducted in 2009 and 2010. I compare socioeconomic differences in intake of two new prenatal supplements : Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid. Although socioeconomic differences in omega-3 fatty acid supplementation emerged, there were no differences in the use of vitamin D. I argue that providers may have contributed to the prevention of a health disparity in vitamin D supplementation by implementing an aggressive uniform protocol. These results suggest that providers not only serve as a conduit for the dissemination of new biomedical information, the strength and uniformity of their recommendations have the potential to prevent or exacerbate socioeconomic differences in health behaviors.
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