Hurdles and opportunities for newborn care in rural Uganda

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 775-780

  Byaruhanga, Romano N ^a,c   Nsungwa Sabiiti, Jesca ^b,c   Kiguli, Juliet ^d   Balyeku, Andrew ^e   Nsabagasani, Xavier ^d   Peterson, Stefan ^c,d,f  

^a St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e Word Point Communication Group   (Uganda)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Cord care; Newborn care practices; Skin to skin contact; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255138296     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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