Adoption of recommended practices and basic technologies in a low-income setting

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 452-456

  English, Mike ^a,b   Gathara, David ^a   Mwinga, Stephen ^a,c   Ayieko, Philip ^a   Opondo, Charles ^a   Aluvaala, Jalemba ^a,c   Kihuba, Elesban ^a,c   Mwaniki, Paul ^a   Were, Fred ^d   Irimu, Grace ^d   Wasunna, Aggrey ^d   Mogoa, Wycliffe ^c   Nyamai, Rachel ^c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENOBARBITAL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUININE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIV TEST; HUMAN; KENYA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA BLOOD SLIDE; MALNUTRITION; MANUAL EMERGENCY VENTILATOR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCALE UP; ADOPTION; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KENYA; POVERTY;

EID: 84898545397     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305561     Document Type: Article

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