Task shifting in maternal and newborn care: A non-inferiority study examining delegation of antenatal counseling to lay nurse aides supported by job aids in Benin

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jennings, Larissa ^a,b   Yebadokpo, André S ^a   Affo, Jean ^a   Agbogbe, Marthe ^a   Tankoano, Aguima ^a  

^a United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (Benin)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BENIN; CHILD CARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BENIN; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650881926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-2     Document Type: Article

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