Barriers to using skilled birth attendants' services in mid- and far-western Nepal: A cross-sectional study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Choulagai, Bishnu ^a,b   Onta, Sharad ^b   Subedi, Narayan ^c   Mehata, Suresh ^c   Bhandari, Gajananda P ^c   Poudyal, Amod ^b   Shrestha, Binjwala ^b   Mathai, Matthews ^d   Petzold, Max ^a   Krettek, Alexandra ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Barrier; Delivery care; Nepal; Skilled birth attendant; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890728431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-49     Document Type: Article

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