A qualitative study on barriers to utilisation of institutional delivery services in Moroto and Napak districts, Uganda: Implications for programming

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wilunda, Calistus ^a   Quaglio, Gianluca ^a,b   Putoto, Giovanni ^a   Lochoro, Peter ^c   Dall'Oglio, Giovanni ^c   Manenti, Fabio ^a   Atzori, Andrea ^a   Lochiam, Rose Miligan ^c   Takahashi, Risa ^d   Mukundwa, Aline ^e   Oyerinde, Koyejo ^e  

^a Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Italy)

^b Azienda ULSS 9   (Italy)

^c Doctors with Africa CAUMM   (Uganda)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal health; Pastoralist health care; Rural health; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREMONY; COMMUNITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; UGANDA; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

EID: 84905860982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-259     Document Type: Article

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