Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative exploratory study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Choudhury, Nuzhat ^a,b   Ahmed, Syed M ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; RITUAL; SURVIVAL; TABOO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LABOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

IRON;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BANGLADESH; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRON; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952086452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-15     Document Type: Article

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