Prenatal care in Kinshasa: Knowledge, beliefs, and barriers to timely care;Soins prénatals à Kinshasa (République démocratique du Congo): Croyances, connaissances et obstacles à la programmation appropriée

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Khan, Maria ^a   Mwaku, Richard Matendo ^b   McClamroch, Kristi ^a   Kinkela, David Nanlele ^c   Van Rie, Annelies ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c Hopital General de Kinshasa   (Congo)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Congo; Perinatality; Pregnancy; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGO; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 23244443900     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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