Title: Challenges to maternal health care utilization among ethnic minority women in a resource-poor region of Sichuan province, China

Authors: Harris, Amanda

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2010

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: vol. 25, no. 4

PAGE: 311--318

Subject: Health and Poverty , Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: maternal health services, health care delivery, rural areas, minorities, health policy, social aspects, cultural aspects, china

Abstract: This article is about factors that affect women obtaining care. Utilization of maternal health care services is associated with social, economic, cultural factors as well as the policies of delivery of services. Utilization is not necessarily increased through easy access to a health facility.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/4/311.full.pdf+html

Document type: E-article