The perspectives of clients and unqualified allopathic practitioners on the management of delivery care in urban slums, Dhaka, Bangladesh - a mixed method study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wahed, Tasnuva ^a   Moran, Allisyn C ^a,b   Iqbal, Mohammad ^a  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CARBAZOCHROME; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; UNQUALIFIED ALLOPATHIC PRACTITIONER; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956454595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-50     Document Type: Article

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