Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers and knowledge of health workers regarding care of the newborn umbilical cord

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 425-429

  Obimbo, E ^a   Musoke, R N ^a   Were, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KAP SURVEYS; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARENT; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SKIN CARE; SLUMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UMBILICAL CORD; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; KAP SURVEYS; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POPULATION; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SLUMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PERINATAL CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN CARE; UMBILICAL CORD; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033238213     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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