Correlates of male involvement in maternal and newborn health: A cross-sectional study of men in a peri-urban region of Myanmar

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ampt, Frances ^a,b   Mon, Myo Myo ^c   Than, Kyu Kyu ^a,d   Khin, May May ^e   Agius, Paul A ^a,f   Morgan, Christopher ^a,b,g   Davis, Jessica ^a   Luchters, Stanley ^a,b,h  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Myanmar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Myanmar)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burma; Cross sectional studies; Gender and health; Male involvement; Maternal and newborn health; Maternal, newborn and child health; Myanmar; Sexual and reproductive health; South East Asia; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MYANMAR; NEWBORN CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN AREA; FATHER; FEMALE; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MYANMAR; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019209850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0561-9     Document Type: Article

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