Reaching Mothers and Babies with Early Postnatal Home Visits: The Implementation Realities of Achieving High Coverage in Large-Scale Programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sitrin, Deborah ^a   Guenther, Tanya ^a   Murray, John ^b   Pilgrim, Nanlesta ^c   Rubayet, Sayed ^d   Ligowe, Reuben ^d   Pun, Bhim ^d   Malla, Honey ^d   Moran, Allisyn ^a  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Consultant Medical Epidemiologist ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UMBILICAL CORD;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 84880422119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068930     Document Type: Article

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