One-year evaluation of the impact of an emergency obstetric and neonatal care training program in Western Kenya

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-193

  Spitzer, Rachel F ^a   Steele, Sarah Jane ^b   Caloia, David ^a   Thorne, Julie ^a   Bocking, Alan D ^a   Christoffersen Deb, Astrid ^a,c   Yarmoshuk, Aaron ^b   Maina, Loise ^c   Sitters, Johanna ^c   Chemwolo, Benjamin ^c   Omenge, Elkanah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC); Evaluation; Maternal morbidity; Maternal mortality; Obstetrics; Training

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EPISIOTOMY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KENYA; LACERATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908071137     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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