Does it really matter where women live? A multilevel analysis of the determinants of postnatal care in Nigeria

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 950-959

  Ononokpono, Dorothy N ^a,b   Odimegwu, Clifford O ^b   Imasiku, Eunice N S ^b,c   Adedini, Sunday A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community; Maternal mortality; Multilevel analysis; Nigeria; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899441555     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1323-9     Document Type: Article

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