Strategies for improving health care seeking for maternal and newborn illnesses in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Middleton, Philippa F ^a,b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c,d   Crowther, Caroline ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health care seeking; Low and middle income countries; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMUNITY CARE; HOME VISIT; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84969504878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31408     Document Type: Review

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