The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook in Mongolia:A cluster-randomized, controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Mori, Rintaro ^a   Yonemoto, Naohiro ^b   Noma, Hisashi ^c   Ochirbat, Tumendemberel ^d   Barber, Emma ^a   Soyolgerel, Gochoo ^e   Nakamura, Yasuhide ^f   Lkhagvasuren, Oyun ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Medical Care Policy Implementation and Coordination Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HANDBOOK; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONGOLIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WRITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; MONGOLIA; PREGNANCY; WRITING;

EID: 84928942370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119772     Document Type: Article

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