Community perceptions of behaviour change communication interventions of the maternal neonatal and child health programme in rural Bangladesh: An exploratory study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rahman, Atiya ^a   Leppard, Margaret ^b   Rashid, Sarawat ^a   Jahan, Nauruj ^a   Nasreen, Hashima E ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; BRAC; Communication; Community based intervention; MNCH; Rural Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NARRATIVE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RECOGNITION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982142887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1632-y     Document Type: Article

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