Community perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in southern Mozambique

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boene, Helena ^a   Vidler, Marianne ^b   Sacoor, Charfudin ^a   Nhama, Abel ^a   Nhacolo, Ariel ^a   Bique, Cassimo ^c,d   Alonso, Pedro ^a,e   Sawchuck, Diane ^b   Qureshi, Rahat ^f   Macete, Eusébio ^a,c   Menéndez, Clara ^a,e   Von Dadelszen, Peter ^b   Sevene, Esperança ^a,g   Munguambe, Khátia ^a,g  

^a Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Ministerio da Saude   (Mozambique)

^d MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

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

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Attitudes; Eclampsia; Hypertension; Maternal mortality; Mozambique; Pre eclampsia; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUDIO RECORDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; ECLAMPSIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAINTNESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEIZURE; SNAKE; SWEATING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRENATAL CARE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84973455072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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