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The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Through Coaching-Based Implementation in Uttar Pradesh, India
Nabihah Kara, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita, Atul A Gawande, Vishwajeet Kumar, Bhala Kodkany, Rajiv Saurastri, Vinay Pratap Singh, Pinki Maji, Ami Karlage, Lisa R Hirschhorn and Katherine EA Semrau on behalf of the BetterBirth Trial Group
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):232-243; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00411
Nabihah Kara
aAriadne Labs, a Joint Center between Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca Firestone
bPopulation Services International, Washington, DC, USA.
Tapan Kalita
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Atul A Gawande
dAriadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Vishwajeet Kumar
eCommunity Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bhala Kodkany
fJawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Rajiv Saurastri
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vinay Pratap Singh
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pinki Maji
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ami Karlage
aAriadne Labs, a Joint Center between Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lisa R Hirschhorn
gAriadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Katherine EA Semrau
hAriadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Vol. 5, No. 2
June 27, 2017
The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Through Coaching-Based Implementation in Uttar Pradesh, India
Nabihah Kara, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita, Atul A Gawande, Vishwajeet Kumar, Bhala Kodkany, Rajiv Saurastri, Vinay Pratap Singh, Pinki Maji, Ami Karlage, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Katherine EA Semrau
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2017, 5 (2) 232-243; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00411
The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Through Coaching-Based Implementation in Uttar Pradesh, India
Nabihah Kara, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita, Atul A Gawande, Vishwajeet Kumar, Bhala Kodkany, Rajiv Saurastri, Vinay Pratap Singh, Pinki Maji, Ami Karlage, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Katherine EA Semrau
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2017, 5 (2) 232-243; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00411
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