Birth preparedness and skilled attendance at birth in nepal: Implications for achieving millennium development goal 5

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1206-1210

  Karkee, Rajendra ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^b   Binns, Colin W ^b  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; Intention; Nepal; Skilled birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEPAL; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING PRACTICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84884414108     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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