Economic empowerment of women and utilization of maternal delivery care in Bangladesh

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 628-636

  Dalal, Koustuv ^a   Shabnam, Jahan ^b   Andrews Chavez, Johanna ^c   Mårtensson, Lena B ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b Independent Consultant   (Denmark)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Home delivery; Maternal mortality; Neighborhood socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEXISM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84867065109     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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