Associations between mass media exposure and birth preparedness among women in southwestern Uganda: A community-based survey

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Asp, Gustav ^a   Pettersson, Karen Odberg ^a   Sandberg, Jacob ^a   Kabakyenga, Jerome ^a,b   Agardh, Anette ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; Low income country; Mass media exposure; Newspaper; Radio; Skilled birth attendant; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH PREPAREDNESS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOW-INCOME COUNTRY; MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE; MASS MEDIUM; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; TELECOMMUNICATION; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

BIRTH PREPAREDNESS; LOW-INCOME COUNTRY; MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE; NEWSPAPER; RADIO; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; UGANDA;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894076112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22904     Document Type: Article

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