Unlocking community capabilities for improving maternal and newborn health: participatory action research to improve birth preparedness, health facility access, and newborn care in rural Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-104

  Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Namazzi, Gertrude ^a   Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Mutebi, Aloysius ^a   Waiswa, Peter ^a,c   Oo, Htet ^d   Peters, David H ^d   George, Asha S ^d,e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME VISIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MALE; MONEY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRUST; UGANDA; WIFE; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84995527879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1864-x     Document Type: Article

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