Perceived delay in healthcare-seeking for episodes of serious illness and its implications for safe motherhood interventions in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-412

  Killewo, J ^a,b   Anwar, Iqbal ^a,b   Bashir, I ^a,b   Yunus, M ^a   Chakraborty, J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behaviours; Cross sectional studies; Emergency obstetric care; Healthcare; Interventions; Maternal mortality; Safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249659031     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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