Safe delivery and newborn care practices in Sindh, Pakistan: A community-based investigation of mothers and health workers

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 466-471

  Hassan, Hamid ^a   Jokhio, Abdul Hakeem ^b   Winter, Heather ^a   MacArthur, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community based; Delivery; Newborn care; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PAKISTAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SAFETY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871701104     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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