Coverage, compliance, acceptability and feasibility of a program to prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia through calcium supplementation for pregnant women: An operations research study in one district of Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Thapa, Kusum ^a   Sanghvi, Harshad ^a   Rawlins, Barbara ^a   Karki, Yagya B ^b   Regmi, Kiran ^c   Aryal, Shilu ^c   Aryal, Yeshoda ^a   Murakami, Peter ^d   Bhattarai, Jona ^a   Suhowatsky, Stephanie ^a  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b Health and Development (PHD) Group   (Nepal)

^c Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Antenatal care; Calcium; Compliance; Coverage; Eclampsia prevention; Feasibility; Maternal health; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC USE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ECLAMPSIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983371908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1033-6     Document Type: Article

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