Assessment of utilisation of PMTCT services at Nyanza Provincial Hospital, Kenya

Sahara J

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Moth, Iscah Akoth ^a   Ayayo, A B C O ^b   Kaseje, Dan ^c  

^a Great Lakes University   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Kenya; Nyanza Hospital; PMTCT services; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; KENYA; PATIENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIVACY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREJUDICE; PRIVACY;

EID: 34247661371     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2005.9724847     Document Type: Article

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