Effect of a two-component intervention to change hospital practice from early to delayed umbilical cord clamping in the Peruvian Amazon Efecto de una intervención de dos componentes para modificar la práctica hospitalaria de pinzamiento del cordón umbilical de precoz a tardío en la Amazonia peruana

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of a two-component intervention to change hospital practice with regard to the timing of umbilical cord clamping. METHODS: A pre-/post-study design was used to measure the effect of a two-component intervention on mean time to clamp the umbilical cord. The study...

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Main Authors: Brittany Blouin, Mary E. Penny, Martin Casapia, Eder Aguilar, Hermánn Silva, Serene A. Joseph, Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Theresa W. Gyorkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2011-05-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892011000500004