Gender Equality as a Means to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Africa

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-69

  Singh, Kavita ^a,b   Bloom, Shelah ^a,b   Brodish, Paul ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920509680     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2013.824971     Document Type: Article

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