A new look at care in pregnancy: Simple, effective interventions for neglected populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Hodgins, Stephen ^a   Tielsch, James ^b   Rankin, Kristen ^a   Robinson, Amber ^c   Kearns, Annie ^d   Caglia, Jacquelyn ^e  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Human Care Systems   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; IRON; MISOPROSTOL; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ECLAMPSIA; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PARASITE LOAD; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84984860238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160562     Document Type: Article

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