Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme on treatment seeking practices for morbidities in infants: Cluster randomised trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^a   Bahl, Rajiv ^b   Mohan, Pavitra ^c   Strand, Tor A ^d   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^d   Kirkwood, Betty R ^e   Goyal, Nidhi ^a   Van Den Hombergh, Henri ^c   Martines, Jose ^d   Bhandari, Nita ^a  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNICEF India Country Office   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MALE; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84907345994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4988     Document Type: Article

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