Training traditional birth attendants to use misoprostol and an absorbent delivery mat in home births

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2021-2027

  Prata, Ndola ^a   Quaiyum, Md Abdul ^b   Passano, Paige ^a   Bell, Suzanne ^a   Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Hossain, Shahed ^c   Azmi, Ashrafi Jahan ^b   Begum, Mohsina ^b  

^a Health and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Centre for Reproductive Health   (Bangladesh)

^c Centre for Equity and Health Systems   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Birth attendants; Childbirth; Delivery mat; Evaluation; Misoprostol; Postpartum hemorrhage; Training

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

CHILDBEARING; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DRUG; MATERNAL MORTALITY; TRAINING;

ABSORBENT DELIVERY MAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT;

BANGLADESH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84866937753     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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