Trends in antenatal care attendance and health facility delivery following community and health facility systems strengthening interventions in Northern Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ediau, Michael ^a,b   Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^b   Machingaidze, Simba ^a   Otim, George ^a   Olwedo, Alex ^c   Iriso, Robert ^d   Tumwesigye, Nazarius M ^b  

^a Uganda Global Fund   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Directorate of Health Services   (Uganda)

^d Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Community; Health facility; Health facility delivery; Systems strengthening; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DANCING; DELIVERY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MUSIC; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; TRAINING; UGANDA;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPOUSES; UGANDA;

EID: 84885510054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-189     Document Type: Article

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