Title: Socio-economic and ethnic group inequities in antenatal care quality in the public and private sector in Brazil

Authors: Victora, C.G.

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2010

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: vol. 25, no. 4

PAGE: 253--261

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: maternal health services, minorities, health services, brazil

Abstract: One of the conclusions is that poor and black women should be actively encouraged to start antenatal care early in pregnancy so that they can fully benefit from it. There is a need for regular monitoring of antenatal attendances and quality of care with an equity lens.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/4/253.full.pdf+html

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