Factors associated with maternal knowledge of newborn care among hospital-delivered mothers in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 823-830

  Senarath, Upul ^a,b   Fernando, Dulitha N ^a   Vimpani, Graham ^b   Rodrigo, Ishani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health education; Maternal knowledge; Maternal welfare; Newborn care; Newborn infant; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34250642013     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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