Community resource centres to improve the health of women and children in Mumbai slums: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shah More, Neena ^a   Das, Sushmita ^a   Bapat, Ujwala ^a   Rajguru, Mahesh ^a   Alcock, Glyn ^b   Joshi, Wasundhara ^a   Pantvaidya, Shanti ^a   Osrin, David ^b  

^a Chota Sion Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; Mumbai; Poverty; Public health; Slums; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POVERTY AREAS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878436619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-132     Document Type: Article

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