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Thanks for the positive reaction. I was surprised that there was not a relationship between care utilization and literacy. In care for chronic illnesses there is such a relationship and adults with low literacy participate in care much less. I had been thinking of prenatal care as analagous to care for diabetes, asthma, etc but our study has made me rethink that model.
One of the important findings is that mos...
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This is a fascinating study and an excellent example of the potential for trans-disciplinary research and integrated research methods (mixing both quantitative and qualitative methods to more appropriately explore complex phenomena)! More than that, it is congruent with my personal experience.
I am not at all surprised that literacy is not related to the initiation or quantity of prenatal visits. Perhaps the p...
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