Men's Perceptions of Delivery Care in Rural Malawi: Exploring Community Level Barriers to Improving Maternal Health

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 419-439

  Aarnio, Pauliina ^a   Chipeta, Effie ^b   Kulmala, Teija ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877244637     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.755982     Document Type: Article

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