Engagement of the community, traditional leaders, and public health system in the design and implementation of a large community-based, cluster-randomized trial of umbilical cord care in Zambia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 666-672

  Hamer, Davidson H ^a   Herlihy, Julie M ^a   Musokotwane, Kebby ^a,b,c,d   Banda, Bowen ^a,b,c,d   Mpamba, Chipo ^a,e   Mwangelwa, Boyd ^a,e   Pilingana, Portipher ^a,d   Thea, Donald M ^a,b,c   Simon, Jonathon L ^a,b,c   Yeboah Antwi, Kojo ^a   Grogan, Caroline ^a   Semrau, Katherine E A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Zambia Center for Applied Health Research and Development   (Zambia)

^c Southern Province Medical Office   (Zambia)

^d Mother and Child Health   (Zambia)

^e Zambia Center for Applied Health Research and Development   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEADERSHIP; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UMBILICAL CORD CARE; ZAMBIA; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UMBILICAL CORD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84924280757     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0218     Document Type: Review

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