Development and evaluation of a childbirth education programme for Malawian women

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Malata, Address ^a   Hauck, Yvonne ^b   Monterosso, Leanne ^c   McCaul, Kieran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth education programme; Empirical research report; Evaluation research; Midwifery; Mixed methods; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 34548312146     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04380.x     Document Type: Article

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