Birth preparedness and complication readiness- a qualitative study among community members in rural Tanzania

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  August, Furaha ^a,b   Pembe, Andrea B ^a,b   Kayombo, Edmund ^a   Mbekenga, Columba ^a   Axemo, Pia ^b   Darj, Elisabeth ^b,c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness and complication readiness; Perceptions; Rural Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MONEY; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE WOMAN; STIGMA; TANZANIA; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 84948807318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26922     Document Type: Article

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