Factors associated with delay in care–seeking  for fatal neonatal illness in the Sylhet district  of Bangladesh: results from a verbal and social  autopsy study

Bareng AS Nonyane 1,2; Narjis Kazmi 1 ,; Alain K Koffi 1; Nazma Begum 2; Salahuddin Ahmed 2; Abdullah H  Baqui 1,2; Henry D Kalter 1

doi:10.7189/jogh.06.010605

Journal of Global Health (Jun 2016)

Factors associated with delay in care–seeking for fatal neonatal illness in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh: results from a verbal and social autopsy study

Bareng AS Nonyane 1,2,
Narjis Kazmi 1 ,,
Alain K Koffi 1 ,
Nazma Begum 2,
Salahuddin Ahmed 2,
Abdullah H Baqui 1,2,
Henry D Kalter 1

Affiliations

Bareng AS Nonyane 1,2: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Narjis Kazmi 1 ,: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Alain K Koffi 1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Nazma Begum 2: International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Salahuddin Ahmed 2: International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abdullah H Baqui 1,2: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Henry D Kalter 1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.06.010605
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

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We conducted a social and verbal autopsy study to determine cultural–, social– and health system–related factors that were associated with the delay in formal care seeking in Sylhet district, Bangladesh.

Published in Journal of Global Health

ISSN: 2047-2978 (Print); 2047-2986 (Online)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Global Health Society
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://jogh.org

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