Acceptability and use of clean home delivery kits in Nepal: A qualitative study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Beun, Monique H ^a   Wood, Siri K ^b  

^a Prog for Appropriate Technol Hlth ^*

^b Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Delivery kit; Hygiene; Midwifery; Nepal; Safe motherhood; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDWIFE; NEPAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL HYGIENE;

DECISION MAKING; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1542516147     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Nepal. Ministry of Health. Nepal family health survey. Kathmandu: Ministry of Health, 1996:101-21.
2. Crook B. Basic delivery kit guide. Seattle: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 2001:5-20.
3. World Health Organization. Essential newborn care: report of a technical working group. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000:1-4.
4. Smith J, Fortney J. Birth kits: an assessment. Annex to report on the Consultation on Attendance at Birth, Community Birth Attendants. New York: United Nations Children's Fund, 1997:14.
5. Tsu V. Clean home delivery kit: evaluation of the health impact. Seattle: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 2000:19-25.
6. Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358:640-1.
7. Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. Monitoring report (data on file). Kathmandu: Program for Appropriate Technology, 2003.
8. Manandhar M. Obstetric health perspectives of Magar and Tharu communities: a social research report to inform the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project's IEC strategy. Kathmandu: Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, 2000:14-54.