Community health worker knowledge and management of pre-eclampsia in southern Mozambique

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-162

  Boene, Helena ^a   Vidler, Marianne ^b   Augusto, Orvalho ^a,c   Sidat, Mohsin ^c   Macete, Eusébio ^a,d   Menéndez, Clara ^a,e   Sawchuck, Diane ^f   Qureshi, Rahat ^g   Von Dadelszen, Peter ^h   Munguambe, Khátia ^a,c   Sevene, Esperança ^a,c  

^a Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d Ministerio da Saude   (Mozambique)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^g AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Eclampsia management; Knowledge; Mozambique; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOZAMBIQUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYMPTOM;

EID: 84995475654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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