Threats to safe motherhood in Honduran Miskito communities: Local perceptions of factors that contribute to maternal mortality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-586

  Arps, Shahna ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Honduras; Maternal health; Maternal mortality; Miskito; Mothers; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MARGINALIZATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEXISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; THREAT; WITCHCRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WITCHCRAFT; YOUNG ADULT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 67849117229     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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