Knowledge, attitudes and practices of trained traditional birth attendants in the Gambia in the prevention, recognition and management of postpartum haemorrhage

Midwifery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-11

  Bij De Vaate, Annelies ^a   Coleman, Rosalind ^c   Manneh, Hawa ^c   Walraven, Gijs ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETAINED PLACENTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NURSE ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NURSE'S ROLE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0036516161     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2001.0289     Document Type: Article

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