Predictors of person-centered maternity care: The role of socioeconomic status, empowerment, and facility type

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Afulani, Patience A ^a   Sayi, Takudzwa S ^b   Montagu, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Facility based delivery; Kenya; Maternity care; Person centered care; Respectful care; Socioecononmic status; Sub saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046944998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3183-x     Document Type: Article

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