Correlates of poor perinatal outcomes in non-hospital births in the context of weak health system: The nigerian experience

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nkwo, Peter Onubiwe ^a   Lawani, Lucky Osaheni ^b   Ezugwu, Euzebus Chinonye ^a   Iyoke, Chukwuemeka Anthony ^a   Ubesie, Agozie C ^a   Onoh, Robinson Chukwudi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Correlates; Nigeria; Perinatal mortality rate; Weak health system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ATTENDANT; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIGERIA; NIGERIAN; PARITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964312606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-341     Document Type: Article

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