Antenatal and postnatal care service utilization in Southern Ethiopia: A population-based study

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-397

  Regassa, N ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Complete immunization; Postnatal care; Service utilization; Sidama zone; Southern Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861322844     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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