Factors Affecting Antenatal Care Attendance: Results from Qualitative Studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pell, Christopher ^a,b   Meñaca, Arantza ^b   Were, Florence ^c   Afrah, Nana A ^d   Chatio, Samuel ^e   Manda Taylor, Lucinda ^f   Hamel, Mary J ^h   Hodgson, Abraham ^e   Tagbor, Harry ^d,g   Kalilani, Linda ^f   Ouma, Peter ^c,h   Pool, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALAWI; MOTIVATION; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872384568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053747     Document Type: Article

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