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标题：Maternal health among working women: A case study in the Mexican-U.S. border
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作者：Norma Ojeda de la Peña ; Gudelia Rangel
期刊名称：Estudios Fronterizos
印刷版ISSN：0187-6961
出版年度：1996
卷号：0
期号：37-38
页码：33-60
语种：English
出版社：Universidad Autonoma de baja California - México
摘要：This work is a description of the differences in maternal health among women of the wage-earning class along the Mexican/United States border in Tijuana, Baja California. The study analyzes the specific case of women using the services of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), breaking up the sample according to their employment and level of physical labor on the job in industrial, business, and service sectors. The study is based on information from a survey titled, "Social Conditions of Women and Reproductive Health in Tijuana".This was a post-partum survey administered to a total of 2,596 obstetrical patients seen at the Gynecology-. Obstetrics hospital of the Tijuana IMSSoffice during the spring of 1993.The results indicate differing maternal health oonditions among workers, in relation to some of the factors considered risks for infant and maternal health.
关键词：Reproductive health;Women workers;Mexican Social Security Institute;Salud reproductiva;Mujeres trabajadoras;Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social