Using lot quality assurance sampling to assess measurements for growth monitoring in a developing country's primary health care system

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Valadez, Joseph J ^a,e   Brown, Lori Diprete ^b   Vargas, William Vargas ^c   Morley, David ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

^c Ministeno de Salud de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Community health; Growth monitoring; International health; Latin America; LQAS; Nutrition; Primary health care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COSTA RICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY WORKERS; COSTA RICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; GROWTH; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; LATIN AMERICA; LENGTH OF LIFE; MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SUPERVISION; SURVIVORSHIP; YOUTH;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COSTA RICA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD GROWTH MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH WORKER SUPERVISION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030455498     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.2.381     Document Type: Article

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