Sociocultural barriers to maternity services delivery: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature

Maternal and neonatal healthcare outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain poor despite decades of different health service delivery interventions and stakeholder investments. Qualitative studies have attributed these results, at least in part, to sociocultural beliefs and practices. Thus there is a need to understand, from an overarching perspective, how these sociocultural beliefs affect maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes.
Source: Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Review Paper Source Type: research