Traditional birth attendants in rural Nepal: Knowledge, attitudes and practices about maternal and newborn health

Global Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 600-617

  Thatte, N ^a   Mullany, L C ^a   Khatry, S K ^b   Katz, J ^a   Tielsch, J M ^a   Darmstadt, G L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Knowledge attitudes practices; Newborn care practices; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

LINSEED OIL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY PLANNING; HAND WASHING; HOME DELIVERY; INFANT FEEDING; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 70849091816     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690802472406     Document Type: Article

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