Non-certified providers provide initial care in Bangladesh
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- In rural Bangladesh, non-certified providers such as village doctors and untrained birth attendants are the first-line providers for women with severe obstetric complications, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Decisions on care-seeking for obstetric emergencies were largely made by husbands and in-laws. The study, published in the January 3 edition of BioMed Central Pregnancy and Childbirth, analyzed the factors associated with health care decision making during obstetric emergencies.