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Pregnancy Intentions and Maternal Health Behaviors Reexamined: A Multidimensional Analysis

Rechel, Maggie E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243535056

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Past research on the relationship between pregnancy intention status and maternal health behaviors has not found a consistent link. Many researchers have suggested the ambiguous findings occur because pregnancy intention status is measured too simplistically and fails to capture true intention status as understood by the women involved. My research uses suggestions from critics of the current measure to see if an improvement in the measurement of intended pregnancy as it relates to maternal health outcomes can be found. I find that if measures of intentionality are represented as multiple dimensions rather than timing alone, the prediction of smoking cessation during the pregnancy and prenatal care received in the first trimester is strengthened.
John Casterline (Advisor)
Elizabeth Cooksey (Committee Member)
Zhenchao Qian (Other)
55 p.
Sociology

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  • Rechel, M. E. (2009). Pregnancy Intentions and Maternal Health Behaviors Reexamined: A Multidimensional Analysis [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243535056

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rechel, Maggie. Pregnancy Intentions and Maternal Health Behaviors Reexamined: A Multidimensional Analysis. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243535056.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rechel, Maggie. "Pregnancy Intentions and Maternal Health Behaviors Reexamined: A Multidimensional Analysis." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243535056

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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