Mothers' knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Falnes, Eli Fjeld ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^a   De Paoli, Marina Manuela ^b   Manongi, Rachel ^c   Engebretsen, Ingunn M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; TETANUS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHERS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957737544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-36     Document Type: Article

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