Birth preparedness and complication readiness among slum women in Indore city, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-391

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^a   Sethi, Vani ^a   Srivastava, Karishma ^a   Jha, Prabhat K ^b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^c  

^a Urban Health Resource Center   (India)

^b Urban Health Resource Center   (India)

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

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; Complication readiness; Cross sectional studies; Deliveries; India; Slums; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78049395017     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6045     Document Type: Article

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