Is essential newborn care provided by institutions and after home births? Analysis of prospective data from community trials in rural South Asia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pagel, Christina ^a   Prost, Audrey ^a   Hossen, Munir ^b   Azad, Kishwar ^b   Kuddus, Abdul ^b   Roy, Swati S ^c   Nair, Nirmala ^c   Tripathy, Prasanta ^c   Saville, Naomi ^a,d   Sen, Aman ^d   Sikorski, Catherine ^a,d   Manandhar, Dharma S ^d   Costello, Anthony ^a   Crowe, Sonya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Diabetic Association of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^c Ekjut   (India)

^d Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BANGLADESH; BATH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KANGAROO CARE; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; DELIVERY; GENERAL DEVICE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; INSTITUTIONAL DELIVERY; PLASTIC SHEET; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMAL CARE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84899472880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-99     Document Type: Article

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