Current neonatal skin care practices in four African sites

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 428-434

  Amare, Yared ^a   Shamba, Donat D ^b   Manzi, Fatuma ^b   Bee, Margaret H ^c   Omotara, Babatunji A ^d   Iganus, Ruth B ^d   Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A ^e   Odebiyi, Adetanwa L ^e   Skordis Worrall, Jolene ^c   Hill, Zelee E ^c  

^a Consultancy for Social Development ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^e OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Emollient; Newborn; Skin

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; COCONUT OIL; COOKING OIL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ENGINE OIL; FONTANEL OIL; MAHOGANY OIL; NEEM OIL; PETROLATUM; SHEA BUTTER; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BONE; BORNO; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EKITI; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; JOINT; LOTION; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; RASH; SKIN CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TANZANIA; WEIGHT GAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOLLIENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84963787415     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmv053     Document Type: Article

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