Does antenatal care matter in the use of skilled birth attendance in rural Africa: A multi-country analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-34

  Adjiwanou, Vissého ^a,b   LeGrand, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Antenatal care; Endogeneity; Ghana; Kenya; Quality of care; Skilled birth attendance; Structural equation modeling; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EQUATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; RURAL SOCIETY; SURVIVAL; WOMENS HEALTH;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ADULT; AFRICA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA; KENYA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84876727745     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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