Factors affecting attendance at and timing of formal antenatal care: Results from a qualitative study in Madang, Papua New Guinea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Andrew, Erin V W ^a   Pell, Christopher ^a,b   Angwin, Angeline ^c   Auwun, Alma ^c   Daniels, Job ^c   Mueller, Ivo ^a,c,d   Phuanukoonnon, Suparat ^c   Pool, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELATIVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901292093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093025     Document Type: Article

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