Health education during antenatal care: The need for more

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-242

  Al Ateeq, Mohammed A ^a   Al Rusaiess, Amal A ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Health education; Misconceptions; Postpartum; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; BIRTH RATE; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET RESTRICTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEAR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPARA; NUTRITION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; READING; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84923173350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S75164     Document Type: Article

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