Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on birth preparedness and knowledge of maternal and newborn danger signs among women in Eastern Uganda: A quasiexperiment study

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza ^a,c   Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Bua, John ^a   Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Mutebi, Aloysius ^a   Namazzi, Gertrude ^a,c   Kiwanuka, Suzanne Namusoke ^b   Waiswa, Peter ^a,c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; Implementation science; Maternal obstetric danger signs; Quasi experimental study; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; UGANDA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028945482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1362826     Document Type: Article

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