Decision modeling and validation of the criteria women engage when they choose between clinics in the lower Rio-Grande Valley

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dc.contributor.advisorFleuriet, K. Jill
dc.contributor.authorWeaver, Maria-Raquel
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLevi, Laura
dc.contributor.committeeMemberde la Portilla, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-08T17:35:55Z
dc.date.available2024-03-08T17:35:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
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dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines how low-income women living in South Texas choose among options for formal prenatal care. I use data gathered in 2003--2005 to create a decision model chart based on women's set of behavioral rules which are engaged when they choose between clinics. I also use this data to explore women's validation of their clinic and provider choice. Results suggest that clinic choice is influenced by the area's political economy and the women's access to social networks. In order to understand choice we must look to women's wage earning resources, the clinic's cost, and the clinic's unique services. This decision modeling approach and the conclusions it rendered contribute to the anthropological literature on reproduction, minority health, and the political economy of health.
dc.description.departmentAnthropology
dc.format.extent67 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9781124188744
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/6141
dc.languageen
dc.subjectauthoritative knowlege
dc.subjectbirth
dc.subjectdisparity
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectLatino
dc.subjectpregnancy
dc.subject.classificationCultural anthropology
dc.subject.classificationForensic anthropology
dc.subject.classificationHispanic American studies
dc.subject.classificationObstetrics
dc.titleDecision modeling and validation of the criteria women engage when they choose between clinics in the lower Rio-Grande Valley
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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