Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness practices among women in rural Uganda

Reproductive Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kabakyenga, Jerome K ^a,b   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Turyakira, Eleanor ^b   Pettersson, Karen O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055149921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-8-33     Document Type: Article

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