The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-110

  Emond, Alan ^a   Pollock, Jon ^a   Da Costa, Nilma ^b   Maranhão, Técia ^b   Macedo, Albanita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Delivery of health care; Infant mortality; Maternal mortality; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACEPTION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS PERFORATION;

BRAZIL; NATAL; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE STATE;

EID: 0036690738     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892002000800005     Document Type: Article

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