Apps for management of sick newborn: Evaluation of impact on health care professionals

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 370-376

  Thukral, Anu ^a   Joshi, Meena ^a   Joshi, Poonam ^a   Prakash, Vinayagam ^a   Adkoli, Balachandra V ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Apps; Neonate; Sick newborn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEWBORN CARE; NURSING STUDENT; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

CELL PHONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; NURSES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84930923200     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu032     Document Type: Article

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