Improved pregnancy outcome in refugees and migrants despite low literacy on the Thai-Burmese border: Results of three cross-sectional surveys

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Carrara, Verena I ^a   Hogan, Celia ^a   De Pree, Cecilia ^a   Nosten, Francois ^a,b,c   McGready, Rose ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; READING; REFUGEE; THAILAND; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HOME DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; READING; REFUGEES; STILLBIRTH; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958834753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-45     Document Type: Article

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