Bed net ownership, use and perceptions among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Opportunities for improved maternal and child health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pettifor, Audrey ^a   Taylor, Eboni ^a   Nku, David ^b   Duvall, Sandra ^a   Tabala, Martine ^c   Meshnick, Steve ^a   Behets, Frieda ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b Salvation Army ^*  (Congo)

^c School of Public Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD HEALTH; CONGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE TREATED BED NET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 54349096408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-331     Document Type: Article

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