Newborn care: The effect of a traditional illness, asram, in Ghana

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-328

  Okyere, E ^a   Tawiah Agyemang, C ^a   Manu, A ^a   Deganus, S ^b   Kirkwood, B ^c   Hill, Z ^d  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b Tema General Hospital   (Ghana)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASRAM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78649678405     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12858955921311     Document Type: Article

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