Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women attending and not-attending ANC clinics in Western Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Perumal, Nandita ^a   Cole, Donald C ^a,b   Ouédraogo, Hermann Z ^b   Sindi, Kirimi ^b   Loechl, Cornelia ^c   Low, Jan ^b   Levin, Carol ^d,e   Kiria, Christine ^b   Kurji, Jaameeta ^a   Oyunga, Mary ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^c International Potato Center   (Uganda)

^d PATH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (KARI)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Developing countries; Kenya; Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP)

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880006915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-146     Document Type: Article

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