Community mobilization to reduce postpartum hemorrhage in home births in northern Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1288-1296

  Prata, Ndola ^a   Ejembi, Clara ^b   Fraser, Ashley ^a   Shittu, Oladapo ^b   Minkler, Meredith ^c  

^a Health and Sustainability   (United States)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth attendants; Community mobilization; Community participation; Home birth; Intervention; Maternal mortality; Misoprostol; Nigeria; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLICY REFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION; COMPREHENSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROTECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MISOPROSTOL; NIGERIA; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; ZARIA;

EID: 84858619768     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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