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Bulatao, Rodolfo A., and John A. Ross. "Which health services reduce maternal mortality? Evidence from ratings of maternal health services." Tropical Medicine and International Health 8, no. 8 (2003): 710–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01083.x.

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Ilyas, Asma. "Maternal Health Services in Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 17, no. 5 (2023): 2–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs20231752.

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Background: Women must be provided with necessary health services for a child's good health and future during pregnancy. Women's health has experienced a considerable epidemiological change during the past several decades. Maternal well-being and health affect not only the developed world but predominantly the developing nations. Differences in resource allocation between industrialized and developing countries ultimately led to notable differences in pregnancy complications and deaths. Aim: To investigate these barriers. A literature review was carried out to address this research topic. Meth

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Awoke, Worku, and Kenie Seleshi. "Maternal delays in utilizing institutional delivery services, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia." Health 05, no. 06 (2013): 1026–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2013.56137.

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Sheldon, Nasaruddin, Sapruddin Perwira, Kristina Gryboski, and Laxmikant Palo. "Providing Maternal Health Services At Factories." Health Affairs 35, no. 9 (2016): 1740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0760.

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Kaiser, Katherine Laux, Teresa L. Barry, and Andrea Mason. "Maternal Health and Child Asthma Health Services Use." Clinical Nursing Research 18, no. 1 (2009): 26–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054773808330095.

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Richards, Thomas B. "Maternal and Child Health Essential Public Health Services." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 3, no. 5 (1997): 11–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00124784-199709000-00004.

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Natalia, Mega Silvia, and Riska Faraswati. "ADOPTION OF TELEMEDIC SERVICES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES." JURNAL KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT DAN LINGKUNGAN HIDUP 7, no. 1 (2022): 44–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.51544/jkmlh.v7i1.2979.

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Maximum utilization of communication information technology in health services for maternal and children or recognized as telemedicine, is a friction in the model of providing midwifery care due to demands of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. There was obstacles in its use. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the factors of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influences, and facilitating conditions influenced behavioral intention to adopt telemedical system in the field of maternal and child health services by midwives through the Unifed Theory of Acceptance and Use

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Raj Poudel, Deepak, and Orapin Pitamanaket. "Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Nepal." Journal of Health and Allied Sciences 1, no. 1 (2019): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.37107/jhas.90.

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Gandhi, Nidhi, Savannah Cunningham, Allie Jo Shipman, and Brandy Seignemartin. "Maternal Health Services Set Toolkit for Pharmacists." American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 85, no. 9 (2021): 8908. http://dx.doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8908.

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Kishore, Surekha. "Maternal Health Care Services in the Himalayas." Marriage & Family Review 44, no. 2-3 (2008): 364–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01494920802255984.

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Douoguih, Macaya. "Accessing Maternal Health Services in Eastern Burma." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 12 (2008): e250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050250.

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Zheng, Xujuan, Jane Morrell, Kim Watts, Qu Shen, and Huiyan Zhang. "Maternal and child health services in China." British Journal of Midwifery 21, no. 9 (2013): 664–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2013.21.9.664.

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von Both, Claudia, Albrecht Jahn, and Steffen Fleßa. "Costing maternal health services in South Tanzania." European Journal of Health Economics 9, no. 2 (2007): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0048-3.

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Ashraf, Mir Uzma. "ASSESSMENT OF THE UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG WOMEN IN SELECTED TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF KASHMIR." Indian Journal of Health Care Medical & Pharmacy Practice 4, no. 1 (2024): 103–8. https://doi.org/10.59551/ijhmp.25832069.2023.4.1.111.

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The present study was conducted to assess the utilization of maternal health services among tribal communities of Kashmir. Quantitative approach with descriptive research purposive sampling technique. The tool used was semi structured interview schedule. The sample consisted of 100 tribal women who belonged to Pahari and Gujar communities from Pahalgam, district Anantnag who were selected by purposive sampling technique. The tool used was semi structured interview schedule. The data related to utilization of maternal health services were collected from 14-02-2022 to 20-04-2022. The data regard

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Pant, Smriti, Saugat Koirala, and Madhusudan Subedi. "Access to Maternal Health Services during COVID-19." Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences 2, no. 2 (2020): 48–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.46405/ejms.v2i2.110.

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Most causes of maternal morbidity and mortality can be prevented by giving prompt, suitable treatment to the women by qualified health practitioners. Maternal health services (MHS), which include antenatal care, delivery care, and postnatal care, can play a crucial role in preventing maternal health problems. The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a disastrous effect on the health care delivery system of people of all ages, on a global scale but pregnant women face particular challenges. The aim of this review is to assess the effect of COVID-19 on access to MHS. For writin

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Vyas, Himanshu, Odayjakkal J. Mariam, and Pankaj Bhardwaj. "Quality of maternal and newborn health services and their impact on maternal–neonatal outcome at a primary health center." Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 13, no. 2 (2024): 505–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_843_23.

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ABSTRACT Introduction: The utilization of the maternal and newborn health services has increased, but mere increase in utilization of services does not ensure that quality services are being provided. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of maternal and newborn services and their impact on maternal and neonatal outcome at a primary health center of Western Rajasthan in India. Materials and Methods: An exploratory study was undertaken at a conveniently selected primary health center providing 24-hour delivery services. Information regarding the availability of services was collected f

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Coello, Patricia Marianella Juárez, and Marlene Magallanes Corimanya. "Continuous use of maternal health services in mothers." Medwave 24, S3 (2025): eOB31. https://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2024.s3.ob31.

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Introducción La trisomía 21, comúnmente denominada Síndrome de Down (SD), es la anormalidad genética más prevalente en humanos. En Chile actualmente nacen en promedio 2.7 niños con SD cada mil recién nacidos vivos. Se describe esta condición como causa de abandono del amamantamiento y a su vez se observa un menor porcentaje de adherencia a la Lactancia Materna (LM) de estos niños, en comparación a niños que no padecen esta alteración genética. Objetivos Determinar los factores asociados al uso continuo de los servicios de salud materna en adolescentes. Metodología El estudio incluyó a 3480 muj

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E, Wapary. "Utilization of Maternal Health Services: A Case Study of South Sudan Juba Teaching Hospital." Nursing & Healthcare International Journal 6, no. 4 (2022): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/nhij-16000265.

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Introduction: Maternal health service (MHS) is a set of services related to maternity health care. These health services cause a serious concern worldwide. Furthermore, MHS incorporates antenatal care, delivery care and postnatal health service. The aim of this study was to assess Mother-to-Child utilization for MHS at Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) South Sudan. Methods: A cross-sectional research study was done among 207 women of reproductive age at the time of visits to routine immunization services for receiving free under-five immunization. The interviewers gathered data using the structured

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DiPietro Mager, Natalie, David Bright, and Allie Jo Shipman. "Beyond Contraception: Pharmacist Roles to Support Maternal Health." Pharmacy 10, no. 6 (2022): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10060163.

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While contraception prescribing by pharmacists has seen rapid growth in recent years, pharmacist-provided services that can impact maternal health encompass more than just contraception. Each phase of maternal health—preconception, pregnancy, and post-pregnancy—has unique needs, and pharmacists are well equipped to provide services to meet those needs and are more accessible than other healthcare providers. While pharmacist-provided maternal health services may lead to significant savings to the healthcare system, additional research to more fully capture the value of pharmacist-provided mater

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Hoque, Mohima. "Awareness of maternal health services among micro health insurance beneficiaries." International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2, no. 2 (2015): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/2394-6040.ijcmph20150503.

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Dahal, Tulasha, Sarswati Neupane, Pratikshya Chapagain, and Ranjeeta Khanal. "Womens Autonomy and Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services." Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 21, no. 2 (2023): 291–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v21i02.4690.

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Background: Maternal health care means the health care that a woman receives during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period. Utilization of above service is crucial for the wellbeing of a mother and new born. The objective of the study is to find out women’s autonomy and maternal health care utilization in a community of Morang district.Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in the Gramthan Rural municipality which is located at Morang district. Study population was married women having at least one child under 12 month of age. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select the

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Topa, Joana Bessa, Conceição Oliveira Nogueira, and Sofia Antunes Neves. "Maternal health services: an equal or framed territory?" International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare 10, no. 2 (2017): 110–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhrh-11-2015-0039.

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Purpose Despite the high prevalence of immigrant women at the national level, studies on migration have been indifferent to the gender perspective. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the engagement of Ukrainian immigrant women, one of the most expressive nationalities of female immigration in Portugal, on maternal and child healthcare services, exploring their perceptions and experiences in these contexts. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of critical and social constructionism assumptions, this research focusses on discourse. Assuming that immigrant women have access to different

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WILLIAMS, CICELY D. "MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES*." Nutrition Reviews 31, no. 11 (2009): 365–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.1973.tb07053.x.

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Patterson, Patti J., J. Scott Simpson, Robbie J. Davis, Debra C. Stabeno, and Linda L. Bultman. "Privatizing Maternal and Child Health Services in Texas." Quality Management in Health Care 5, no. 2 (1997): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019514-199705020-00004.

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Patterson, Patti J., J. Scott Simpson, Robbie J. Davis, Debra C. Stabeno, and Linda L. Bultman. "Privatizing Maternal and Child Health Services in Texas." Quality Management in Health Care 6, no. 2 (1997): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019514-199721000-00004.

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Short, Susan E., and Fengyu Zhang. "Use of maternal health services in rural China." Population Studies 58, no. 1 (2004): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0032472032000175446.

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Bali, Donjeta, Georgina Kuli-Lito, Nedime Ceka, and Anila Godo. "Maternal and Child Health Care Services in Albania." Journal of Pediatrics 177 (October 2016): S11—S20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.037.

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Bradt, Lieve, Michel Vandenbroeck, Jan Lammertyn, and Maria Bouverne-De Bie. "Parental Expectations of Maternal and Child Health Services." Social Work in Public Health 30, no. 2 (2015): 197–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2014.992586.

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Knight, Marian, Roshni Patel, Clea Harmer, and Nicola Vousden. "Achieving equitable maternal health services in the UK." BMJ 389 (May 8, 2025): r875. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r875.

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Ahmed Thani Sadoon1, Basim Hussein Bahir. "Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Care Services in Health Care Centers with High Maternal and Infant Mortality Rate in Wassit Governorate, Iraq." Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 11, no. 1 (2020): 1914–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i1.1457.

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Background: Maternal and infant mortality is considered an important indicator of socioeconomic and for society’s level of development, as well as, an important indicator for assessing the level of health services provided system. This study aims at evaluation of maternal and child health program in health care centers with high maternal and infant mortality rate in Wassit governorate and to determine the availability, acceptability and utilization of maternal and child health care. Material and Method: A cross-sectional study, were conducted at three health sectors in Wassit governorate that

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Faridi, Samrah Butool. "MATERNAL HEALTH SITUATION IN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA." Era's Journal of Medical Research 9, no. 2 (2022): 239–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.24041/ejmr2022.37.

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Health of children and their mothers is a vital aspect of a society's longterm development. Unfortunately, around half of all mothers and over 10 million children die due to preventable causes. Data from a current National Family Health survey (NFHS) was utilized and compared with the previous data of the surveys conducted at national level. The maternal mortality ratio in India has decreased to 113 per 100,000 live births, according to a report released by the WHO. Only 51.6% women reported three or more ANC visits where anaemia is still found among 35.4% women. Although 88% of women delivere

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Almalik, Mona MA. "Understanding maternal postpartum needs: A descriptive survey of current maternal health services." Journal of Clinical Nursing 26, no. 23-24 (2017): 4654–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13812.

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Nasser, B. Ebrahim. "Maternal Health Service Utilization and Women's Health Care Decision-Making Autonomy in Ethiopia." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 07, no. 11 (2024): 5268–72. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14216007.

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Maternal health service utilization and its association with women’s health care decision-making autonomy were examined from a nationally representative sample. Adequate use of maternal health services is critical in maintaining the well-being and health of mothers and prevent maternal and neonatal mortalities. Women’s health care decision-making autonomy has been cited to influence the uptake of maternal services among women in resource-poor countries. A secondary data collected in 2016 by Demographic and Health Survey, Ethiopia, was used. Three maternal health services measuremen

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Phung, Hai, Lis Young, Mai Tran, Khin Than Win, Carole Alcock, and Ken Hillman. "Health Informatics and Health Information Management in Maternal and Child Health Services." Health Information Management 33, no. 2 (2004): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335830403300204.

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Freyermuth-Enciso, Graciela, Mónica Carrasco-Gómez, and Martín Romero-Martínez. "The Role of Health Inequality in the Maternal Health Services Provided by Public Institutions in Mexico." Health 08, no. 03 (2016): 206–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2016.83024.

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Radkar, Anjali. "Correlates of Maternal Mortality." Journal of Health Management 20, no. 3 (2018): 337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972063418779911.

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Maternal death is an indicator of quality and efficiency of reproductive health services and is regarded as a composite measure of the country’s progress. Reduction in maternal mortality is one of the eight globally accepted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To achieve the goal of 109, by 2015, the developing world needs to take challenge where the burden of maternal mortality is 99 per cent. This study attempts to understand the strength of relationship of the correlates of maternal mortality with actual maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to come out with policy implications to lessen maternal

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SHARMA, SHARAD KUMAR, YOTHIN SAWANGDEE, and BUPPHA SIRIRASSAMEE. "ACCESS TO HEALTH: WOMEN’S STATUS AND UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NEPAL." Journal of Biosocial Science 39, no. 5 (2007): 671–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932007001952.

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SummaryWith the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, the Safe Motherhood Program was implemented in Nepal in 1997. It was launched as a priority programme during the ninth five-year plan period, 1997–2002, with the aim of increasing women’s access to health care and raising their status. This paper examines the association of access to health services and women’s status with utilization of prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care during the plan period. The 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey and the 2001 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey data were pooled and the likelihood of wo

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Hooker, Leesa, Angela Taft, and Rhonda Small. "Reflections on maternal health care within the Victorian Maternal and Child Health Service." Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 2 (2016): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py15096.

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Women suffer significant morbidity following childbirth and there is a lack of focussed, primary maternal health care to support them. Victorian Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurses are ideally suited to provide additional care for women when caring for the family with a new baby. With additional training and support, MCH nurses could better fill this health demand and practice gap. This discussion paper reviews what we know about maternal morbidity, current postnatal services for women and the maternal healthcare gap, and makes recommendations for enhancing MCH nursing practice to address t

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Punzalan, Punzalan, Jaime Kristoffer, Ingkoh Ingkoh, et al. "Experiences and Reasons on Maternal Decision-Making Process Regarding Place of Delivery: A Qualitative Study on Maternal Health Care Services for Universal Health Care." International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews 5, no. 1 (2024): 1527–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.5.0124.0215.

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Dewi, Nuryana, Viwattanakulvanid Pramon, and Arum Romadlona Nohan. "Maternal health services utilization and its contributing factors among adolescent mothers." 10.11591/ijphs.v11i1.21041 11, no. 1 (2022): 77~87. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v11i1.21041.

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Adolescent girls (15-19 years old) experienced childbirth face the higher risk for maternal mortality than older women. This study aimed to assess the utilization level of maternal health services and to identify factors that contribute to the maternal health services utilization in Indonesian adolescent mothers. The study used secondary data from 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) and included women who had last birth at the age of 15-19 years old which total is 866 women. Among adolescent mothers, the highest level of utilization is post-natal care (PNC) (71.5%) followed by

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De Silva, J. K. Malini, and K. P. Wickramasuriya. "Maternal and child health and family planning services services in Sri Lanka." Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka 5, no. 1 (2001): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v5i1.8509.

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Mahoney, Gerald, Patricia O'Sullivan, and Joanne Dennebaum. "Maternal Perceptions of Early Intervention Services." Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 10, no. 1 (1990): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/027112149001000102.

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Jahan, Rounaq. "Securing Maternal Health Through Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services: Lessons from Bangladesh." American Journal of Public Health 97, no. 7 (2007): 1186–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2005.081737.

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Ganann, Rebecca, Wendy Sword, Margaret Black, and Barbara Carpio. "Influence of Maternal Birthplace on Postpartum Health and Health Services Use." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14, no. 2 (2011): 223–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9477-2.

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Parkhurst, Justin Oliver, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Duane Blaauw, et al. "Health systems factors influencing maternal health services: a four-country comparison." Health Policy 73, no. 2 (2005): 127–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.001.

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Rashati, Dewi, and Prima Akbar. "The Impact of Mobile Health (mHealth) in Maternal Health Services [Letter]." International Journal of Women's Health Volume 17 (March 2025): 771–72. https://doi.org/10.2147/ijwh.s521762.

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Aliche, Kenechi A., and Joel Aluko. "Evaluation of Quality of Maternal Health Services in Selected Primary Health Centers in Rivers State." IPS Journal of Public Health 3, no. 1 (2023): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.54117/ijph.v3i1.16.

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The quality of care a woman experience during the prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period has a direct impact on her health and the health of her child, and it might also affect her decision to seek care in the future. This study evaluated the quality of maternal health services in selected primary health centers in Rivers State. The study design was cross-sectional study design. Multistage sampling was used to select seven Primary health centers (PHCs) while simple random sampling was used to select 384 post-natal mothers across the selected PHCs. Self-administered questionnaire and check

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Faiz, Sadaf, Zahira Batool, Sana Ejaz, and Abid Rashid. "MATERNITY CARE SERVICES." Professional Medical Journal 23, no. 06 (2016): 721–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.06.1624.

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Introduction: Maternal health care refers to high quality health care providedto a pregnant woman during pregnancy, delivery and postnatal period. The maternal mortalityratio is quite high in the rural areas of Pakistan. Rural society is highly associated with itstraditions and cultural values. There are some cultural and social barriers for women. Theyare being considered negligible part of the population and are facing a number of hardshipsin availing health facilities. Objective: The aim of the study was to find out the socioeconomic,cultural and demographic factors affecting the access of

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Ranabhat, Sharmila, Suman Baskota, and Rama Thapa. "Utilization of Maternal Health Services: An Experience from Squatter Settlement in Nepal." International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 11, no. 10 (2021): 88–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211012.

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Maternal health care services should be accessible to all women during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period. The majority of maternal deaths can be prevented if women utilize maternal health care services appropriately. This study aimed to assess the utilization of maternal health services and explore the barriers in accessing maternal health care services. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 48 mothers over the age of 18 with one or more children. The data was obtained by interview and focus group discussion using the structured questionnaires and checklists,

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Sujana, Treesia, Margareth Barnes, Jennifer Rowe, and Rachel Reed. "Decision Making towards Maternal Health Services in Central Java, Indonesia." Nurse Media Journal of Nursing 6, no. 2 (2017): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v6i2.12151.

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Background: Indonesia has always been struggling with maternal health issue even after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programs were done. Prior research findings identified many factors which influenced maternal health status in developing countries such Indonesia and even though various efforts had been made, the impact of the transformation of maternal health behavior was minimal.Purpose: This study aimed to seek an understanding of the factors influencing decisions towards maternal health services.Methods: A case study with a single case embedded design was employed. Interviews and

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