Background: Prenatal care (PNC) is an important preventive health service that can influence the health of the four million women who give birth annually in the United States, and the health their infants....

This study contributes to a growing body of knowledge

This is a non-final version of an article. The article is copyrighted by The Association of American Medical Colleges and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It can be found as published in final form...

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects

Changing trends within the mental health system treatment practices demand exploration of the cultural context of assessment and treatment of Black/African Americans. Culturally competent assessments include a...

This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/index.htm. To the best of our knowledge, one or more...

This paper will examine the outcomes in child well-being across placement options for children who have experienced child abuse and/or child neglect. Specifically, this paper will compare the relative success...

Three trends are occurring today in the United States which inspired this research. First, America is growing increasingly urbanized. Today, more Americans are living in cities than in rural environments, and...

The purpose of this project is to document the current

Hmong women in the United States have been shown to have low rates of breast and