Knowledge and perceptions of quality of obstetric and newborn care of local health providers: A cross-sectional study in three districts in Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 105-108

  Bayley, O ^a,b   Colbourn, T ^a,b   Nambiar, B ^a,b   Costello, A ^a,b   Kachale, F ^c   Meguid, T ^d   Mwansambo, C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Parent and Child Health Initiative ^*  (Malawi)

^c Reproductive Health Unit   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALAWI; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84897863425     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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