Afraid of Delivering at the Hospital or Afraid of Delivering at Home: A Qualitative Study of Thai Hmong Families’ Decision-Making About Maternity Services

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2384-2392

  Culhane Pera, Kathleen A ^a   Sriphetcharawut, Sarinya ^b   Thawsirichuchai, Rasamee ^c   Yangyuenkun, Wirachon ^c   Kunstadter, Peter ^c  

^a West Side Community Health Services   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Institute of research for development Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Culture; Decision making; Hmong; Home childbirth; Hospitals; Maternity; Prenatal care; Thailand; Traditional birth attendant

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84943366714     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1757-3     Document Type: Article

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