Barriers to utilization of childbirth services of a rural birthing center in Nepal: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Khatri, Resham Bahadur ^a,f   Dangi, Tara Prasad ^b   Gautam, Rupesh ^c   Shrestha, Khadka Narayan ^d   Homer, Caroline S E ^e  

^a Sustainable Environment Protection and Rural Development Center   (Nepal)

^b Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Nepal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILDBIRTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGIC; MATERNITY WARD; MODEL; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018921578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177602     Document Type: Article

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