Caste and Maternal Health Care Service Use Among Rural Hindu Women in Maitha, Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Saroha, Ekta ^a   Altarac, Maja ^a   Sibley, Lynn M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

caste; Hindu; India; maternal health care services; rural

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50149086910     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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