ASHA's involvement in newborn care: A feasibility study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 897-899

  Stalin, P ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^a   Rai, Sanjay K ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Accredited social health activist (ASHA); Feasibility study; India; Newborn care

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84856189506     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0138-2     Document Type: Article

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