Ramazan Azim Okyay, Erhan Kaya, Ayşegül Erdoğan
Vaccine refusal in pregnant women in Kahramanmaraş: a community-based study from Türkiye
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improvement maternal health health priority many developing countries purpose study describe contribution community project improvement monitoring pregnancy vulnerable rural commune moroccan high atlas conducted actionresearch project incorporating approach community mobilization conducted 2014 project involving several participants social actors local authorities health professionals students medicine helped ensure monitoring cohort 283 pregnant women course antenatal consultations women interviewed assessed participated information sessions education interviewers speaking berber trained data collection bivariate descriptive statistical analyzes carried threshold significance 5 average age patients 271 67 years majority illiterate without health coverage career nearly 734 previous contact health care system n 252 among 500 planned pregnancies 566 women monitored 304 consulted twice 67 underwent three consultations total 407 antenatal consultations performed followup compliance undergoing least two consultations 603 abnormality detection pregnancy significantly associated monitoring p 004 results reflect importance community engagement approach complex health problems maternal health