Use of herbal medicine during pregnancy among women with access to public healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mothupi, Mamothena Carol ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Concomitant medication; Herbal medicine; Kenya; Maternal health; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; KENYAN; MALARIA; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF MEDICATION; STOMACH DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; KENYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; KENYA; PERCEPTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920829499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-432     Document Type: Article

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