"Women's autonomy and pregnancy care in rural India: A contextual analysis"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 926-933

  Mistry, Ritesh ^a   Galal, Osman ^a   Lu, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Pregnancy care; Rural; Social cohesion; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CHILD HEALTH; COHESION; HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69349087691     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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