Capacity building of skilled birth attendants: A review of pre-service education curricula

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Adegoke, Adetoro A ^a   Mani, Safiyanu ^b   Abubakar, Aisha ^c   Van Den Broek, Nynke ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Katsina State College of Health Sciences (COHESKAT)   (Nigeria)

^c Newborn and Child Health Initiative (PRRINN MNCH)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Midwifery education; Nigeria, skilled birth attendants; Skilled birth attendance

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NIGERIA; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

APTITUDE TESTS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NIGERIA; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84878110906     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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