A collaborative public health approach to clubfoot intervention in 10 low-income and middle-income countries: 2-year outcomes and lessons learnt

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-365

  Owen, Rosalind M ^a   Penny, John Norgrove ^b   Mayo, Andrew ^c   Morcuende, José ^d   Lavy, Christopher B D ^e  

^a Global Clubfoot Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^b CBM International   (Canada)

^c University of Iowa ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clubfoot; congenital talipes equinovarus; low income and middle income countries; Ponseti technique; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CLUBFOOT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862178323     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283504006     Document Type: Article

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