Collaborative approaches towards building midwifery capacity in low income countries: A review of experiences

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 391-402

  Dawson, Angela ^a   Brodie, Patricia ^a   Copeland, Felicity ^a   Rumsey, Michele ^a   Homer, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Developing countries; Midwifery partnerships

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDWIFERY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84897114830     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.009     Document Type: Review

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