Midwifery retention and coverage and impact on service utilisation in afghanistan

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1088-1094

  Mansoor, G Farooq ^a   Hashemy, Pashtoon ^a   Gohar, Fatima ^a   Wood, Molly E ^a   Ayoubi, Sadia F ^b   Todd, Catherine S ^a  

^a Health Protection and Research Organization   (Afghanistan)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Community midwifery; Health workforce development; Midwifery professional development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84884414400     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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