Effect of training for care providers on practice of essential newborn care in hospitals in Sri Lanka

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-541

  Senarath, Upul ^a   Fernando, Dulitha N ^a   Rodrigo, Ishani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Essential newborn care; Health provider training; Intervention studies; Neonatal care; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649008816     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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