Community-based kangaroo mother care to prevent neonatal and infant mortality: A randomized, controlled cluster trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sloan, Nancy L ^a   Ahmed, Salahuddin ^b   Mitra, Satindra N ^c   Choudhury, Nuzhat ^d   Chowdhury, Mushtaque ^e   Rob, Ubaider ^f   Winikoff, Beverly ^g  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mitra and Associates   (Bangladesh)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^e BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^f POPULATION COUNCIL   (Bangladesh)

^g GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Kangaroo care; Neonatal survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 44449123269     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0076     Document Type: Article

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