An assessment of the 'Road-to-Health' card eased on perceptions of clinic staff and mothers

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1424-1428

  Harrison, D ^a   Heese, H De V ^a   Harker, H ^a   Mann, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTHERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031764380     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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