Barriers and facilitators to health care seeking behaviours in pregnancy in rural communities of southern Mozambique

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Munguambe, Khátia ^a,d   Boene, Helena ^a   Vidler, Marianne ^b   Bique, Cassimo ^c   Sawchuck, Diane ^b   Firoz, Tabassum ^b   Makanga, Prestige Tatenda ^b,g   Qureshi, Rahat ^f   Macete, Eusébio ^a,c   Menéndez, Clara ^a,e   Von Dadelszen, Peter ^b   Sevene, Esperança ^a,d  

^a Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Ministério da Saúde ^*  (Mozambique)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Maternal health; Maternal health services; Mozambique; Pregnancy; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MALE; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUERPERIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973367068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0141-0     Document Type: Article

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