Issues in measuring maternal morbidity: Lessons from the Philippines safe motherhood survey project

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Stewart, M Kathryn ^a   Stanton, Cynthia K ^b   Festin, Mario ^c   Jacobson, Nora ^b  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MATERNAL HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; METHODOLOGICAL ISSUE; PHILIPPINES SAFE MOTHERHOOD SURVEY PROJECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY--WOMEN; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ASIA; CRITIQUE; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EVALUATION; HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY--WOMEN; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0029681229     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2138075     Document Type: Article

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