Neonatal jaundice and its management: Knowledge, attitude and practice of community health workers in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ogunfowora, Olusoga B ^a   Daniel, Olusoji J ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; EYE DROPS; GLUCOSE; PHENOBARBITAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NIGERIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; INTERVIEW; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645212990     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-19     Document Type: Article

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