Maternal and newborn care: Practices and beliefs of traditional birth attendants in Sindh, Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 226-234

  Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Gulzar, A Z ^a   Kazi, A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PAKISTAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644605602     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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