Barriers in the Uptake and Delivery of Preconception Care: Exploring the Views of Care Providers

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 21-28

  M’hamdi, Hafez Ismaili ^a   van Voorst, Sabine F ^a   Pinxten, Wim ^b   Hilhorst, Medard T ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barriers; Delivery; Preconception care; Preconception caregiver; Qualitative study; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOLOGIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGISTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84978915571     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2089-7     Document Type: Article

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