Access to health care, reproductive health and disability: A large scale survey in Sierra Leone

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1477-1489

  Trani, Jean Francois ^a,b   Browne, Joyce ^b   Kett, Maria ^b   Bah, Osman ^c   Morlai, Teddy ^c   Bailey, Nicki ^b   Groce, Nora ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c West Africa Regional Office   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Disability; Health care access; Maternal health care; Reproductive health; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PERIURBAN AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIURBAN AREA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 80955143470     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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