Assessing the capacity for newborn resuscitation and factors associated with providers' knowledge and skills: A cross-sectional study in Afghanistan

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Young Mi ^a   Ansari, Nasratullah ^a   Kols, Adrienne ^a   Tappis, Hannah ^b   Currie, Sheena ^a   Zainullah, Partamin ^a   Bailey, Patricia ^c   Semba, Richard ^d   Sun, Kai ^d   van Roosmalen, Jos ^e   Stekelenburg, Jelle ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins Medical Institute ^*

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Birth asphyxia; Emergency obstetric care; Intrapartum hypoxia; Lower income countries; Neonatal mortality; Newborn resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL EXTRACTOR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANOXIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84883639061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-140     Document Type: Article

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