Quality of antenatal care in rural Tanzania: Counselling on pregnancy danger signs

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pembe, Andrea B ^a,b   Carlstedt, Anders ^b,c   Urassa, David P ^a   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b   Nyström, Lennarth ^d   Darj, Elisabeth ^b  

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

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; TANZANIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954052333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-35     Document Type: Article

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