Men's perception of maternal mortality in Nigeria

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-318

  Lawoyin, Taiwo O ^a   Lawoyin, Olusheyi O C ^b   Adewole, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Facility care; Maternal mortality; Men's attitude; Skilled workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548287934     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200143     Document Type: Article

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