Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Morrison, Joanna ^a   Tumbahangphe, Kirti M ^b   Budhathoki, Bharat ^b   Neupane, Rishi ^b   Sen, Aman ^b   Dahal, Kunta ^b   Thapa, Rita ^b   Manandhar, Reema ^b   Manandhar, Dharma ^b   Costello, Anthony ^a   Osrin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; STILLBIRTH; WORKSHOP; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MANPOWER; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 79959523084     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-128     Document Type: Article

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