Beliefs and practices during pregnancy and childbirth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Choudhury, Nuzhat ^a,b   Moran, Allisyn C ^b,c   Alam, M Ashraful ^b,d   Ahsan, Karar Zunaid ^e   Rashid, Sabina F ^f   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Beliefs and practices; Maternal care; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866156514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-791     Document Type: Article

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