Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Magnitude and predictors of antenatal care (ANC) completion among mothers attending delivery and post-natal service in Jimma town, Oromia Region, South West Ethiopia

Bultu Abagero
  • Bultu Abagero
  • Nutrition Unit, Department of Population and Family Health, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
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Melese Sinaga Teshome
  • Melese Sinaga Teshome
  • Nutrition Unit, Department of Population and Family Health, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
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Kalkidan Hassen Abate
  • Kalkidan Hassen Abate
  • Nutrition Unit, Department of Population and Family Health, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 11 May 2017
  •  Accepted: 17 July 2017
  •  Published: 30 September 2017

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