Birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hailu, Mesay ^a,b   Gebremariam, Abebe ^b   Alemseged, Fissehaye ^c   Deribe, Kebede ^c  

^a Sidam Zone Health Office   (Ethiopia)

^b Unit of Vector Biology and Control   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; BIRTH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959391833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021432     Document Type: Article

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