Determinants of access to and use of maternal health care services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: A quantitative and qualitative investigation

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tsawe, Mluleki ^a   Susuman, Appunni Sathiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; Antenatal care; Health facility; Maternal health; Mdantsane; Primary health care; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932145164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-723     Document Type: Article

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