Community interventions to reduce child mortality in Dhanusha, Nepal: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shrestha, Bhim P ^a   Bhandari, Bishnu ^a   Manandhar, Dharma S ^a   Osrin, David ^b   Costello, Anthony ^b   Saville, Naomi ^b  

^a Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEPSIS; STILLBIRTH; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957820516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-136     Document Type: Article

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