'A normal delivery takes place at home': A qualitative study of the location of childbirth in rural Ethiopia

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-239

  Bedford, Juliet ^a   Gandhi, Meena ^b   Admassu, Metasebia ^c   Girma, Anteneh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Anthrologica ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Care seeking behaviour; Childbirth; Ethiopia; Facility delivery; Maternal health; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881264256     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-0965-3     Document Type: Article

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