Factors Associated With the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services Among Adolescent Women in Malawi

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-125

  Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Prashant Kumar ^b   Kumar, Chandan ^c   Singh, Lucky ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

adolescent women; Africa; antenatal care; Malawi; maternal health; postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MATERNAL AGE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878513617     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2013.779354     Document Type: Article

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