Good on paper: The gap between programme theory and real-world context in Pakistan's Community Midwife programme

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 249-258

  Mumtaz, Z ^a   Levay, A ^a   Bhatti, A ^b   Salway, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Real Medicine Foundation Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community Midwife; implementation research; maternal health services; Pakistan; programme theory; skilled birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DENSITY; ETHICS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MARKET; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; THEORY; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NORM; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NORMS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84922637129     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13112     Document Type: Article

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