Male midwives
Preferred managers of sexually transmitted infections in men in developing countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14965733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evelyn Hsieh (0000-0001-5018-8409, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, corresponding author), Evelyn J Hsieh, Patricia J Garcia (0000-0003-3874-2256, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia), Sayda La Rosa Roca (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 271-275 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892008001000007 |
| PMID | 19133176 |
| OpenAlex | W2136873714 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1020-49892008001000007 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In areas of Peru where physicians are scarce, MIPPs provide needed reproductive health services, including STI management. Male MIPPs in particular appear to serve as health care providers for male patients with STIs. This trend, which may exist in other developing countries with similar healthcare workforce demographics, highlights the need for new areas of training and health services research
Demographics · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Health care · Jungle · Population · Reproductive health · Workforce · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child and Adolescent Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |