Why women choose to give birth at home: A situational analysis from urban slums of Delhi

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^a   George, Mathew Sunil ^a   Jerath, Suparna Ghosh ^a   Singh, Archna ^b   Negandhi, Himanshu ^a   Alagh, Gursimran ^a   Shankar, Anuraj H ^c   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIPARA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901400030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004401     Document Type: Article

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