OBJECTIVE To determine home based newborn care practices in rural Nepal in order to inform strategies to improve neonatal outcome. DESIGN Cross sectional, retrospective study using structured interviews. SETTING Makwanpur district, Nepal. PARTICIPANTS 5411 married women aged 15 to 49 years who had given birth to a live baby in the past year. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Attendance at delivery...

BACKGROUND Trials of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) and children (IPTc) have shown promising results in reducing malaria episodes but with varying efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The effects of different intervention and setting characteristics are not well known. We simulate the effects of the different target age groups and delivery channels, seasonal or year-round deliv...

Background and Purpose: Special attention has been paid to instructor and preceptor in nursing and midwifery education. This study aims to explore the experiences and Perceptions of midwifery students about implementing Preceptorship Program in delivery setting. Methods: The current study is a qualitative research. The focus groups and in-depth interviews were used as data collection tools. ...

BACKGROUND Home delivery, referring to pregnant women giving birth in the absence of a skilled birth attendant, is a significant contributor to maternal mortality, and is encouragingly reported to be on a decline in the general population in resource limited settings. However, much less is known about home delivery amongst HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA). We described the prevale...

hydrogels are introduced to modem medicine as novel materials suitable for a variety ofbiomedical applications. studying hydrogels as novel biomaterials has become a fast-developingand exciting research field during the last two decades. these interesting biomaterials have found awide range of application including contact lenses, vehicles for drug delivery and scaffold in tissueengineering and...

This account of practice describes an experiential learning approach used for enterprise and entrepreneurship education in a UK higher setting. Module design delivery insights are drawn from the methods employed by entrepreneur turned educator to facilitate via pop-up shop/event activities financed £50 seed fund. Feedback showed that was highly valued students, who reported significant personal...