Community and provider perceptions of traditional and skilled birth attendants providing maternal health care for pastoralist communities in Kenya: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Byrne, Abbey ^a   Caulfield, Tanya ^a   Onyo, Pamela ^b   Nyagero, Josephat ^b   Morgan, Alison ^a   Nduba, John ^b   Kermode, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Health systems; Kenya; Maternal health; Newborn health; Pastoralist communities; Skilled birth attendants; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; SKILL; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84959362561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0828-9     Document Type: Article

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