Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

In rural India, most births take place in the home, where high-risk care practices are common. We developed an intervention of behaviour change management, with a focus on prevention of hypothermia, aimed at modifying practices and reducing neonatal mortality. We did a cluster-randomised controlled...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 372; no. 9644; pp. 1151 - 1162
Main Authors:	Kumar, Vishwajeet, Mohanty, Saroj, Kumar, Aarti, Misra, Rajendra P, Santosham, Mathuram, Awasthi, Shally, Baqui, Abdullah H, Singh, Pramod, Singh, Vivek, Ahuja, Ramesh C, Singh, Jai Vir, Malik, Gyanendra Kumar, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Black, Robert E, Bhandari, Mahendra, Darmstadt, Gary L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 27.09.2008 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Behavior Breast feeding Child Health Services - organization & administration Cluster Analysis Community Female Health facilities Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Hypothermia India - epidemiology Infant Care - methods Infant mortality Infant Mortality - trends Infant, Newborn Internal Medicine International standards Intervention Middle Aged Neonatal care Neonates Organizational Innovation Perinatal care Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Prenatal Care - organization & administration Preventive Health Services - methods Preventive Health Services - organization & administration Program Evaluation Rural areas Skin India Uttar Pradesh India
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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