Promoting skin-to-skin care for low birthweight babies: Findings from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 952-961

  Vesel, Linda ^a   ten Asbroek, Augustinus H A ^a,b   Manu, Alexander ^a,c   Soremekun, Seyi ^a   Tawiah Agyemang, Charlotte ^c   Okyere, Eunice ^c   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Hill, Zelee ^d   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Low birthweight; Newborn; Skin to skin care

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION CONSTRAINT; BIRTH DATE; BIRTH RATE; INFANT FEEDING; NEONATE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT COUNSELING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

GHANA; LOW BIRTHWEIGHT; NEWBORN; SKIN-TO-SKIN CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRONG-AHAFO; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84880350851     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12134     Document Type: Article

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