Prenatal care utilization in rural areas and urban areas of Haiti

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-92

  Alexandre, Pierre Kébreau ^a   Saint Jean, Gilbert ^b   Crandall, Lee ^b   Fevrin, Etzer ^c,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HaitiData   (Haïti)

^d Faculté d'Agronomie et de Médecine Vétérinaire   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Haiti; Prenatal care; Rural health services; Urban health services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24344445867     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000700002     Document Type: Article

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