Provision of individualised obstetric risk advice to increase health facility usage by women at risk of a complicated delivery: A cohort study of women in the rural highlands of West Ethiopia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 971-978

  Ballard, K ^a   Gari, L ^b   Mosisa, H ^c   Wright, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mettu University West Wollega   (Ethiopia)

^c Gimbie Hospital West Wollega   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; developing countries; high risk; maternal mortality; referral

Indexed keywords

METHYLDOPA;

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTHPLACE; BLADDER FISTULA; BLURRED VISION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; EDEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84879222075     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12190     Document Type: Article

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