Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail district, Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-529

  Bari, Sanwarul ^a   Mannan, Ishtiaq ^a,b   Rahman, Mohammed Anisur ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b   Seraji, M Habibur R ^a,b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,b   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur ^a   Saha, Samir K ^c   Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, A S M ^c   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b   Santosham, Mathuram ^b   Black, Robert E ^b   Winch, Peter J ^b   Ali, Nabeel Ashraf ^d   Anwar, Tariq ^d   Begum, Nazma ^d   Chowdhury, Atique Iqbal ^d   Chowdhury, Sameena ^d   Fazlul Haque, A K M ^d   Hasan, Quamrul ^d   Poddar, Dulal ^d   Rahman, Qazi Sadequr ^d   Siddik, Ashrafuddin ^d   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Care seeking; Community health workers; Delivery of healthcare; Health services; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34249731514     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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