Open AccessWelfare Reform and the Perinatal Health and Health Care Use of Latino Women in California, New York City, and Texas
Author(s) -
Ted Joyce,
Tamar Bauer,
Howard Minkoff,
Robert Kaestner
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.11.1857
Subject(s) - welfare , gerontology , medicine , environmental health , public health , health care , political science , nursing , law
This study analyzed changes in the financing of prenatal care and delivery, the use of prenatal care, and birth outcomes among foreign-born vs US-born Latino women following enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in August 1996.