Mothers' involvement in providing care for their hospitalised sick newborns in Kenya: a focused ethnographic account

• Main Authors: Dorothy Oluoch (Author), Lisa Hinton (Author), Mike English (Author), Grace Irimu (Author), Truphena Onyango (Author), Caroline O. H. Jones (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction There is growing evidence that parental participation in the care of small and sick newborns benefits both babies and parents. While studies have investigated the roles that mothers play in newborn units in high income contexts (HIC), there is little exploration of how contextu...