Impact of community-based interventions on maternal and neonatal health indicators: Results from a community randomized trial in rural Balochistan, Pakistan

Reproductive Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Midhet, Farid ^a   Becker, Stan ^b  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TRAINING;

EID: 78049413593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-7-30     Document Type: Article

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