The Role of HIV-Related Stigma in Utilization of Skilled Childbirth Services in Rural Kenya: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Turan, Janet M ^a   Hatcher, Abigail H ^b   Medema Wijnveen, José ^c   Onono, Maricianah ^d   Miller, Suellen ^b   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^d   Turan, Bulent ^a   Cohen, Craig R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865544957     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001295     Document Type: Article

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