Safety, effectiveness and barriers to follow-up using an 'early discharge' kangaroo care policy in a resource poor setting

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Blencowe, Hannah ^a   Kerac, Marko ^a,b   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kangaroo mother care; Less developed countries; Low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALAWI; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 68149148616     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn116     Document Type: Article

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