Determinants of health facility utilization for childbirth in rural western Kenya: Cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kawakatsu, Yoshito ^a,b   Sugishita, Tomohiko ^a   Oruenjo, Kennedy ^c   Wakhule, Steve ^c   Kibosia, Kennedy ^c   Were, Eric ^c   Honda, Sumihisa ^b  

^a JICA SEMAH project ^*  (Kenya)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Community health worker; Determinants; Facility delivery; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CHILD; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908082689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-265     Document Type: Article

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