Delivery practices and associated factors among mothers seeking child welfare services in selected health facilities in Nyandarua South District, Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wanjira, Carol ^a,b   Mwangi, Moses ^b   Mathenge, Evans ^c   Mbugua, Gabriel ^b   Ng'Ang'A, Zipporah ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956201000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-360     Document Type: Article

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