The presence of physician champions improved Kangaroo Mother Care in rural western India

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2016, Pages e390-e395

  Soni, Apurv ^a   Amin, Amee ^b   Patel, Dipen V ^b   Fahey, Nisha ^c   Shah, Nikhil ^b   Phatak, Ajay G ^b   Allison, Jeroan ^a   Nimbalkar, Somashekhar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRAMUKHSWAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation science; Kangaroo Mother Care champions; Low and middle income countries; Newborn care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85014998146     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13445     Document Type: Article

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