A tale of two pregnancies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of women's perceptions about delayed initiation of antenatal care

Women and Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 220-231

  Haddrill, Rosalind ^a   Jones, Georgina L ^b   Anumba, Dilly ^c   Mitchell, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Antenatal care; Critical interpretive synthesis; Pregnancy; Women's perceptions

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85031318161     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.09.017     Document Type: Review

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