Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: Prospective pilot study of the who safe childbirth checklist program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Spector, Jonathan M ^a   Agrawal, Priya ^b   Kodkany, Bhala ^c   Lipsitz, Stuart ^d   Lashoher, Angela ^e   Dziekan, Gerald ^e   Bahl, Rajiv ^e   Merialdi, Mario ^e   Mathai, Matthews ^e   Lemer, Claire ^f   Gawande, Atul ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84861206091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035151     Document Type: Article

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