Home delivery and newborn care practices among urban women in western Nepal: A questionnaire survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Joshi, Hari S ^a   Sreekumaran, Binu V ^a   Giri, Sabitri ^b   Chuni, Neena ^b  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BIRTH; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOSTRUM; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT FEEDING; LABOR INDUCTION; MALE; MASSAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCALPEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TETANUS; THERMOREGULATION; UMBILICAL CORD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748606914     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-6-27     Document Type: Article

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