Midwives' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Newborn Hearing Screening

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-153

  Goedert, Martha Hoffman ^a   Moeller, Mary Pat ^a   White, Karl R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nurse midwives; Certified midwives; Childhood hearing loss; Knowledge; Newborn hearing screening; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 79953066004     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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