An evaluation of equitable access to a community-based maternal and newborn health program in rural Ethiopia

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages

  Spangler, Sydney A ^a   Barry, Danika ^a   Sibley, Lynn ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to services; Community based interventions; Ethiopia; Maternal and newborn health; Socioeconomic inequalities and inequities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PARITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894070761     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12133     Document Type: Article

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