Factors influencing place of delivery for pastoralist women in Kenya: A qualitative study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Caulfield, Tanya ^a   Onyo, Pamela ^b   Byrne, Abbey ^a   Nduba, John ^b   Nyagero, Josephat ^b   Morgan, Alison ^a   Kermode, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Culture; Homebirths; Kenya; Pastoralist; Skilled birth attendants; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUSBAND; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84988358762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-016-0333-3     Document Type: Article

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