Husbands' involvement in delivery care utilization in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Story, William T ^a   Burgard, Sarah A ^a   Lori, Jody R ^a   Taleb, Fahmida ^b   Ali, Nabeel A ^b   Hoque, DM Emdadul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUSBAND INVOLVEMENT; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; MIDWIFE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; ROLE PLAYING; SPOUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84859509782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-28     Document Type: Article

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