Development of the Community Midwifery Education initiative and its influence on women's health and empowerment in Afghanistan: A case study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Speakman, Elizabeth M ^a   Shafi, Ahmad ^b   Sondorp, Egbert ^a,c   Atta, Nooria ^d   Howard, Natasha ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rumi Consultancy   (Afghanistan)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Kabul Medical University   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Maternal health; Midwifery; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY EDUCATION PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; STAFF TRAINING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFGHANISTAN; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; POSTNATAL CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84907911494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-111     Document Type: Article

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