Prevalence and risk factors for non-use of antenatal care visits: Analysis of the 2010 South Sudan household survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mugo, Ngatho S ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Mortality; Pregnancy complications; Socioeconomic factors; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POLYGAMY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SUDAN; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH SUDAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927515444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0491-6     Document Type: Article

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