Community perspectives on the determinants of maternal health in rural southern Mozambique: a qualitative study

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-131

  Firoz, Tabassum ^a   Vidler, Marianne ^b   Makanga, Prestige Tatenda ^c,d   Boene, Helena ^e   Chiaú, Rogério ^e   Sevene, Esperança ^e   Magee, Laura A ^f   Von Dadelszen, Peter ^f   Munguambe, Khátia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^e Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determinants of health; Disparities; Equity; Maternal health; Poverty; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLOODING; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEAD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN-LAW; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL CARE; MOZAMBIQUE; NATURAL DISASTER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOFTWARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOZAMBIQUE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84995570342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0217-x     Document Type: Article

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