Use pattern of maternal health services and determinants of skilled care during delivery in Southern Tanzania: Implications for achievement of MDG-5 targets

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mpembeni, Rose N M ^a   Killewo, Japhet Z ^a   Leshabari, Melkzedeck T ^a   Massawe, Siriel N ^a   Jahn, Albrecht ^b   Mushi, Declare ^b   Mwakipa, Hassan ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Mtwara District Council   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRENATAL CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 38949138437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-29     Document Type: Article

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