Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kwambai, Titus K ^a,b,c   Dellicour, Stephanie ^a,c   Desai, Meghna ^a,d   Ameh, Charles A ^c   Person, Bobbie ^d   Achieng, Florence ^a   Mason, Linda ^e   Laserson, Kayla F ^a,d   ter Kuile, Feiko O ^c  

^a KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration   (Kenya)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Decision making; Delivery care; Male involvement; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY CARE SERVICE UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879090272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-134     Document Type: Article

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