Transition to skilled birth attendance: Is there a future role for trained traditional birth attendants?

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-478

  Sibley, Lynn M ^a   Sipe, Theresa Ann ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Meta analysis; Perinatal mortality; Skilled birth attendants; Traditional birth attendants; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 34249739183     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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