Influence of Birth Preparedness, Decision-Making on Location of Birth and Assistance by Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in South-Western Uganda

Jerome K. Kabakyenga; Per-Olof Östergren; Eleanor Turyakira; Karen Odberg Pettersson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035747

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Influence of Birth Preparedness, Decision-Making on Location of Birth and Assistance by Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in South-Western Uganda

Jerome K. Kabakyenga ,

* E-mail: Jerome.Kabakyenga@med.lu.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Per-Olof Östergren,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Eleanor Turyakira,

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Karen Odberg Pettersson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Influence of Birth Preparedness, Decision-Making on Location of Birth and Assistance by Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in South-Western Uganda

Jerome K. Kabakyenga,
Per-Olof Östergren,
Eleanor Turyakira,
Karen Odberg Pettersson

Published: April 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035747

About the Authors

Jerome K. Kabakyenga

* E-mail: Jerome.Kabakyenga@med.lu.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Per-Olof Östergren

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Eleanor Turyakira

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Karen Odberg Pettersson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKK KOP. Performed the experiments: JKK ET. Analyzed the data: JKK ET P-OÖ KOP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKK ET P-OÖ KOP. Wrote the paper: JKK P-OÖ ET KOP.

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