Optimizing the world's nursing and midwifery roles to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health more effectively

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2699-2702

  Noyes, Jane ^a   Carlsen, Benedicte ^b   Chandler, Jackie ^c   Colvin, Christopher J ^d   Glenton, Claire ^e   Metin Gulmezoglu A ^f   Lewin, Simon ^e,g   Rashidian, Arash ^h  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Uni Research Rokkan Centre   (Norway)

^c Central Operations Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909630330     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12491     Document Type: Editorial

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