Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: A prospective study in rural eastern India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sarbani Roy, Swati ^a   Mahapatra, Rajendra ^a   Rath, Shibanand ^a   Bajpai, Aparna ^a   Singh, Vijay ^a   Rath, Suchitra ^a   Nair, Nirmala ^a   Tripathy, Prasanta ^a   Gope, Raj Kumar ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Costello, Anthony ^b   Pagel, Christina ^c   Prost, Audrey ^b  

^a Ekjut ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; HEALTH CARE; LEARNING; NEONATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL AREA; RURAL HYGIENE;

HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL; WOMEN;

INDIA; JHARKHAND; ODISHA;

EID: 84878438430     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.105171     Document Type: Article

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