Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: A cross sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  King, Rebecca ^a,c   Mann, Vera ^b   Boone, Peter D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953124983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-319     Document Type: Article

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