The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy

• Main Authors: Nicole L. A. Catherine (Author), Rosemary Lever (Author), Debbie Sheehan (Author), Yufei Zheng (Author), Michael H. Boyle (Author), Lawrence McCandless (Author), Amiram Gafni (Author), Andrea Gonzalez (Author), Susan M. Jack (Author), Lil Tonmyr (Author), Colleen Varcoe (Author), Harriet L. MacMillan (Author), Charlotte Waddell (Author), For the British Columbia Healthy Connections Project Scientific Team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage increases the risk of child injuries and subsequent child developmental and mental health problems - particularly for young mothers. To inform early intervention planning, this research therefore aimed to describe the health and soc...