Difficulties leaving home: A cross-sectional study of delays in seeking emergency obstetric care in Herat, Afghanistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1003-1013

  Hirose, Atsumi ^a,b   Borchert, Matthias ^a,c   Niksear, Homa ^d   Alkozai, Ahmad Shah ^e   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Gardiner, Julian ^a,f   Osmani, Khadija Ruina ^g   Filippi, Véronique ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Herat Regional Hospital   (Afghanistan)

^e WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Herat University   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Antenatal care; Birth plan; Care seeking; Delays; Maternal mortality; Near miss; Obstretrics; Social resources

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS HEALTH;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNITY WARD; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

AFGHANISTAN; HEART;

EID: 80052668986     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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