title: Review of domiciliary newborn-care practices in Bangladesh.
abstract: In Bangladesh, high proportions of infant deaths (two-thirds) and deaths among children aged less than five years (38%) occur in the neonatal period. Although most of these deaths occur at home due to preventable causes, little is known about routine domiciliary newborn-care practices and care-seeking for neonatal illness. As an initial step in strategic planning for the implementation of interventions in Bangladesh to improve neonatal outcomes, a review of the literature of antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care practices for mothers and newborns in Bangladeshi communities and homes was conducted. A dearth of information was found and summarized, and priority areas for future formative research were identified. The information gained from this review was used for informing development of a guide to formative research on maternal and neonatal care practices in developing-country communities and forms a cornerstone for formulation of behaviour change-communication strategies and messages to advance neonatal health and survival in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. gdarmsta@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Darmstadt
authors.forename: Uzma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Zohra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Nazma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology