Integration of the practice of active management of the third stage of labor within training and service implementation programming in Zambia

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-454

  Vivio, Donna ^a,b   Fullerton, Judith T ^c   Forman, Rosha ^d   Mbewe, Reuben Kamoto ^e   Musumali, Masuka ^c   Chewe, Patrick M ^c  

^a Health Services and Systems Program (HSSP)   (Zambia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Women's reproductive health measurement research and evaluation ^*  (Zambia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health of Zambia   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Active management of the third stage of labor; Midwifery care; Postpartum hemorrhage; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 3; MALE; MIDWIFE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK REDUCTION; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77955959073     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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