Determinants of male involvement in maternal and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A review

Reproductive Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ditekemena, John ^a   Koole, Olivier ^b   Engmann, Cyril ^c   Matendo, Richard ^d   Tshefu, Antoinette ^d   Ryder, Robert ^e   Colebunders, Robert ^f  

^a ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Male involvement; MCH services

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE PARTNER'S INVOLVEMENT; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84869219132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-32     Document Type: Review

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