Improving maternal health in Pakistan: Toward a deeper understanding of the social determinants of poor women's access to maternal health services

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Mumtaz, Zubia ^a   Salway, Sarah ^b   Bhatti, Afshan ^c   Shanner, Laura ^a   Zaman, Shakila ^d   Laing, Lory ^a   Ellison, George T H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Real Medicine Foundation Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d LAHORE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STANDARD; STEREOTYPING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84893519108     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301377     Document Type: Article

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