'I don't want all my babies to go to the grave': perceptions of preterm birth in Southern Malawi

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Tolhurst, Rachel ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a   Kayira, Edith ^b   Ntonya, Chikondi ^b   Kafulafula, George ^c   Nielson, Jim ^b,d   van den Broek, Nynke ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malawi; Pregnancy outcome; Premature birth; Qualitative research; Sexually transmitted infections; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALAWI; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39649090969     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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