Advantages of trained TBA and the perception of females and their experiences with reproductive health in two districts of the Luangprabang province, Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 919-928

  Sirivong, Amone ^a   Silphong, Bouavanh ^b   Simphaly, Niphone ^b   Phayasane, Thongsavath ^c   Bonouvong, Vilaysack ^d   Schelp, Frank P ^e  

^a Provincal Health Department   (Laos)

^b Provincal Health Department   (Laos)

^c Provincal Health Department   (Laos)

^d Provincal Health Department   (Laos)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH; BLEEDING; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FEVER; FOOD; FOOT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; LAOS; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANPOWER PLANNING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TRAINING;

EID: 1842785162     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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