Understanding the relationship of maternal health behavior change and intervention strategies in a Nicaraguan NGO network

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1356-1368

  Valadez, Joseph J ^a   Hage, Jerald ^b   Vargas, William ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NGO Networks for Health   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Child health; Community; LQAS; Networks; NGOs; Nicaragua; Safe motherhood; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; MATERNAL CARE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

BABY; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT; MOTHER; NICARAGUA; ORGANIZATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TRAINING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444490642     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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