Development of a community-based maternal, newborn and child emergency training package in South Sudan

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 797-805

  Fehling, M ^a,b   Nelson, B D ^a,c   Ahn, R ^a,c   Eckardt, M ^a,d   Tiernan, M ^a,b   Purcell, G ^a   El Bashir, A ^a,c   Burke, T F ^a,c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Newborn and Child Survival Initiative ^*  (Sudan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Curriculum; Maternal health; Newborn health; Traditional birth attendant; Training

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUDAN; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

SOUTH SUDAN;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUDAN;

EID: 84885330131     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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