Thermal care for newborn babies in rural southern Tanzania: A mixed-method study of barriers, facilitators and potential for behaviour change

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shamba, Donat ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna ^b   Hildon, Zoe Jane Lara ^b,e   Mashasi, Irene ^a   Penfold, Suzanne ^a,b   Tanner, Marcel ^d   Marchant, Tanya ^b   Hill, Zelee ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Formative research; Hypothermia; Mixed methods; Newborn; Thermal care

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BATH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLD; COMPREHENSION; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KANGAROO CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACENTA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; THERMAL CARE; THERMOREGULATION; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; VERY ELDERLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HYPOTHERMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908099289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-267     Document Type: Article

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