Patterns and determinants of antenatal care utilization: Analysis of national survey data in seven countdown countries

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Saad Haddad, Ghada ^a   DeJong, Jocelyn ^a   Terreri, Nancy ^f   Restrepo Méndez, María Clara ^b   Perin, Jamie ^c   Vaz, Lara ^d   Newby, Holly ^e   Amouzou, Agbessi ^e   Barros, Aluísio J D ^b   Bryce, Jennifer ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEPAL; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEPAL; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84999114117     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010404     Document Type: Article

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