Effectiveness of a health education handbook designed to increase knowledge on birth defects among Public Health Midwives in Southern Province of Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	De Silva, J.
dc.contributor.author	Amarasena, S.
dc.contributor.author	Jayaratne, K.
dc.contributor.author	Perera, B.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-31T03:56:00Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-31T03:56:00Z
dc.date.issued	2020-02-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/xmlui/handle/iruor/12892
dc.description.abstract	Birth defects is a significant health problem among children. Prevention of birth defects is cost effective than spending resources to correct BD in newborns. Increasing knowledge and relevant skills in primary health care workers on birth defects is urgently needed to prevent birth defects in Sri Lanka.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Birth defects	en_US
dc.subject	Knowledge	en_US
dc.subject	Health education	en_US
dc.subject	Public Health Midwives	en_US
dc.subject	Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.title	Effectiveness of a health education handbook designed to increase knowledge on birth defects among Public Health Midwives in Southern Province of Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US