Community based weighing of newborns and use of mobile phones by village elders in rural settings in Kenya: A decentralised approach to health care provision

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gisore, Peter ^a   Shipala, Evelyn ^a   Otieno, Kevin ^a   Rono, Betsy ^a   Marete, Irene ^a,b   Tenge, Constance ^a,b   Mabeya, Hillary ^a,b   Bucher, Sherri ^c   Moore, Janet ^d   Liechty, Edward ^c   Esamai, Fabian ^a,b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth registry; Community health workers; Village elders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVICES; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VILLAGE ELDER; ADULT; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; PREGNANCY; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84863417283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-15     Document Type: Article

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