A qualitative study exploring the determinants of maternal health service uptake in post-conflict Burundi and Northern Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chi, Primus Che ^a,b   Bulage, Patience ^c   Urdal, Henrik ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Determinants; Maternal health; Post conflict; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; UGANDA; WAR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ARMED CONFLICTS; BURUNDI; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

EID: 84924213398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0449-8     Document Type: Article

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