Recruitment to research studies in maternity hospitals: An example from the Early Births Study

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-520

  Watson, Lyndsey F ^a   Lumley, Judith ^a   Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Potter, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Maternity hospital; Midwives; Recruitment; Response proportions; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; VICTORIA;

EID: 55149126063     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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