Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-93

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Baschieri, Angela ^b   Clements, Steve ^b   Hennink, Monique ^b   Madise, Nyovani ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE FERTILITY; GHANA; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; KENYA; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 29944438775     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.057422     Document Type: Article

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