Knowledge and attitudes of nursing staff and mothers towards kangaroo mother care in the eastern sub-district of Cape Town

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-39

  Solomons, Nasheetah ^a   Rosant, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kangaroo mother care; Low birthweight infants; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTHER; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84859494435     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2012.11734400     Document Type: Article

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