Lessons regarding the use of birth kits in low resource countries

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hundley, Vanora A ^a,b   Avan, Bilal I ^c   Braunholtz, David ^c   Fitzmaurice, Ann E ^c   Graham, Wendy J ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth kits; Clean birth practices; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 81255171934     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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