Barriers in utilization of maternal health care services: Perceptions of rural women in Eastern Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 253-258

  Lama, S ^a   Krishna, Anil Kumar Indira ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Indigenous practices; Maternal health care services

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEGLIGENCE; NEPAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPERSTITION; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84938841763     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v12i4.13730     Document Type: Article

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