Reproductive Health Care Utilization among Young Mothers in Bangladesh: Does Autonomy Matter?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Haque, Syed Emdadul ^a   Rahman, Mosiur ^b   Mostofa, Md Golam ^a   Zahan, Md Sarwar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857687376     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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