Effectiveness of community based safe motherhood promoters in improving the utilization of obstetric care. The case of Mtwara Rural District in Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mushi, Declare ^a   Mpembeni, Rose ^b   Jahn, Albrecht ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TANZANIA; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 77950534615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-14     Document Type: Article

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