Intergenerational impacts of maternal mortality: Qualitative findings from rural Malawi

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bazile, Junior ^a   Rigodon, Jonas ^a   Berman, Leslie ^a   Boulanger, Vanessa M ^b   Maistrellis, Emily ^b,c   Kausiwa, Pilira ^a   Yamin, Alicia Ely ^b,d  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health system; infant survival; Malawi; Maternal and child health; maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMERGENCY; EMPLOYMENT; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GIRL; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; ORPHANED CHILD; PREGNANCY; RELATIVE; RESPONSIBILITY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD WELFARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977537363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-12-S1-S1     Document Type: Article

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