Qualitative assessment of attitudes and knowledge on preterm birth in Malawi and within country framework of care

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Levison, Judy ^a   Nanthuru, Debora ^b   Chiudzu, Grace ^b   Kazembe, Peter N ^b   Phiri, Henry ^b   Ramin, Susan M ^a   Aagaard, Kjersti M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Global women's health; Periodontal disease; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALAWI; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84897479608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-123     Document Type: Article

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