Danger signs of neonatal illnesses: Perceptions of caregivers and health workers in northern India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 819-826

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Verma, Tuhina ^a   Agarwal, Monica ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICINE; NEONATE; RURAL AREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREATHING; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY RELATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRENATAL PERIOD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTERVIEWS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; LUCKNOW; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 33750255775     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.029207     Document Type: Article

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