Midwives' knowledge of, attitudes to and practice with baby walkers

Midwifery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Woods, Amanda J ^a   Hapgood, Rhydian ^a   Colier, Jacqueline ^c   Kendrick, Denise ^a   Illinworth, Rachel ^b   Watts, Kim ^c  

^a Division of General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Tower Building ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037762721     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2002.0332     Document Type: Article

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