Understanding home-based neonatal care practice in rural southern Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 669-678

  Mrisho, Mwifadhi ^a,b   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,c   Mushi, Adiel K ^c,d   Obrist, Brigit ^b   Mshinda, Hassan ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^b   Schellenberg, David ^a,c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Home childbirth; Maternal health services; Neonatal care practices; Newborn infants; Rural health; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COLOSTRUM; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; UMBILICAL CORD;

BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 44749093270     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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