Exploring the first delay: A qualitative study of home deliveries in Makwanpur district Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Morrison, Joanna ^a   Thapa, Rita ^b   Basnet, Machhindra ^b   Budhathoki, Bharat ^b   Tumbahangphe, Kirti ^b   Manandhar, Dharma ^b   Costello, Anthony ^a   Osrin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIRA Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Context; Delay; Formative; Maternal; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; NEPAL; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84896697537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-89     Document Type: Article

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