Centeringpregnancy-africa: A pilot of group antenatal care to address millennium development goals

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1190-1198

  Patil, Crystal L ^a   Abrams, Elizabeth T ^b   Klima, Carrie ^a   Kaponda, Chrissie P N ^c   Leshabari, Sebalda C ^d   Vonderheid, Susan C ^a   Kamanga, Martha ^a,c   Norr, Kathleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher and Consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Group care; Millennium Development Goals; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALAWI; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; TANZANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84884411508     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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