Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) programme on neonatal and infant mortality: Cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7853, 2012, Pages

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^a   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^b   Strand, Tor A ^b  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NEONATAL AND CHILDHOOD ILLNESS PROGRAM; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME DELIVERY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL CLASS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84859974069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1634     Document Type: Article

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