Predictors for health facility delivery in Busia district of Uganda: a cross sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Anyait, Agnes ^a   Mukanga, David ^a   Oundo, George B ^b   Nuwaha, Fred ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b Busia district Directorate of Health Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Birth plan; Home deliveries; Male involvement; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PLACENTA; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTION; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869171962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-132     Document Type: Article

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