A cluster randomized implementation trial to measure the effectiveness of an intervention package aiming to increase the utilization of skilled birth attendants by women for childbirth: Study protocol

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bhandari, Gajananda P ^a   Subedi, Narayan ^a   Thapa, Janak ^a   Choulagai, Bishnu ^b   Maskey, Mahesh K ^a   Onta, Sharad R ^b  

^a Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84899112724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-109     Document Type: Article

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