Giving cell phones to pregnant women and improving services may increase primary health facility utilization: A case-control study of a Nigerian project

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi ^a   Wynn, Rolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abiye project; Cell phone; Health service utilization; Maternal health; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILE PHONE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892459433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-8     Document Type: Article

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