Mobilizing communities to improve maternal health: Results of an intervention in rural Zambia;Mobiliser les communautés pour améliorer la santé maternelle: Résultats d'une intervention dans les zones rurales de la Zambie

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Ensor, Tim ^a   Green, Cathy ^b   Quigley, Paula ^b   Badru, Abdul Razak ^b   Kaluba, Dynes ^c   Kureya, Tendayi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Partners International   (United Kingdom)

^c District Health Office   (Zambia)

^d Development Data   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; VOLUNTEER; ZAMBIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPOUSE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPOUSES; TRANSPORTATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84891505341     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.122721     Document Type: Article

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