Impacts of maternal mortality on living children and families: A qualitative study from Butajira, Ethiopia

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Molla, Mitike ^a   Mitiku, Israel ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^a   Yamin, Alicia Ely ^c,d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; education; Ethiopia; families; health; maternal mortality; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIBLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORPHANED CHILD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977490110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-12-S1-S6     Document Type: Article

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