Knowledge of safe motherhood among women in rural communities in northern Nigeria: Implications for maternal mortality reduction

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Okereke, Ekechi ^a   Aradeon, Susan ^b   Akerele, Adekunle ^a   Tanko, Mustapha ^a   Yisa, Ibrahim ^a   Obonyo, Benson ^a  

^a Abt Inc Nigeria Partnership for Transforming Health Systems Phase 2 (PATHS2)   (Nigeria)

^b Mannion Daniels   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Millennium Development Goals; Northern Nigeria; Safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84886106719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-57     Document Type: Article

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