Sexual and reproductive health and rights and mHealth in policy and practice in South Africa

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 23, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 93-102

  Waldman, Linda ^a   Stevens, Marion ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Integration of services; Maternal health; Priority setting; Reproductive and sexual health; Reproductive health policy and programmes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; TELEMEDICINE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMEDICINE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84983200543     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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