Factors that hinder or enable maternal health strategies to reduce delays in rural and pastoralist areas in Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 148-160

  Jackson, Ruth ^a   Tesfay, Fisaha Haile ^b   Gebrehiwot, Tesfay Gebregzabher ^b   Godefay, Hagos ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Tigray Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Health Extension Workers; maternal health services; referral; skilled birth attendance; three delays model

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MATERNAL HEALTH; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007524946     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12818     Document Type: Article

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