Factors influencing health care-seeking behaviours among Mayan women in Guatemala

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Schooley, Janine ^a   Mundt, Christine ^b   Wagner, Pascale ^a   Fullerton, Judith ^a   O'Donnell, Mark ^a  

^a Project Concern International   (United States)

^b Healthwise   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth centers; Maternal mortality; Maternity waiting home; Perinatal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649584047     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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