Newborn care practices among slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A quantitative and qualitative exploratory study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moran, Allisyn C ^a,b   Choudhury, Nuzhat ^c   Uz Zaman Khan, Nazib ^a   Ahsan Karar, Zunaid ^d   Wahed, Tasnuva ^a   Faiz Rashid, Sabina ^e   Alam, M Ashraful ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BATH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; URBAN AREA; CHILD CARE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

BANGLADESH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 71049178329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-54     Document Type: Article

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