Factors associated with the use and quality of antenatal care in Nepal: A population-based study using the demographic and health survey data

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Joshi, Chandni ^a   Torvaldsen, Siranda ^a   Hodgson, Ray ^b   Hayen, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Australians for Women's Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Demographic and health survey; Prenatal care; Prepartum care; Quantity of antenatal care; South Asia; Timing of antenatal care

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IRON; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OCCUPATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYPHILIS; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OFFICE VISITS; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895560980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-94     Document Type: Article

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