Factors affecting women's health-related behaviors and safe motherhood: A qualitative study from a refugee camp in Eastern Sudan

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 884-905

  Furuta, Marie ^a   Mori, Rintaro ^b  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUDAN;

EID: 50249150329     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802269600     Document Type: Article

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