Health seeking behavior among pregnant women in rural Haiti

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 822-838

  White, Kari ^a,d   Small, Maria ^a   Frederic, Rikerdy ^b   Joseph, Gabriel ^b,c   Bateau, Reginald ^b   Kershaw, Trace ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33750410200     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600880384     Document Type: Article

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