"Why not bathe the baby today?": A qualitative study of thermal care beliefs and practices in four African sites

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa Aderonke ^a   Bee, Margaret Helen ^b   Amare, Yared ^c   Omotara, Babatunji Abayomi ^d   Iganus, Ruth Buus ^d   Manzi, Fatuma ^e   Shamba, Donat Dominic ^e   Skordis Worrall, Jolene ^b   Odebiyi, Adetanwa ^a   Hill, Zelee Elizabeth ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Consultancy for Social Development ^*  (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Delayed bathing; Newborn; Qualitative; Skin to skin care; Thermal care; Wrapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ETHIOPIAN; FEMALE; GRANDMOTHER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEATING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NARRATIVE; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIAN; SKIN CARE; TANZANIAN; THERMAL CARE; VERNIX CASEOSA; WARMING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHIOPIA; HOME DELIVERY; MALE; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BATHS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944387166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0470-0     Document Type: Article

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