Are maternal healthcare services accessible to vulnerable group? A study among women with disabilities in rural Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Devkota, Hridaya Raj ^a,b   Murray, Emily ^c   Kett, Maria ^c   Groce, Nora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Social and Environmental Research   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85050682066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200370     Document Type: Article

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