Assessing family planning service-delivery skills in Kenya

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Valadez, Joseph J ^a   Transgrud, Rikka ^b   Mbugua, Margaret ^c   Smith, Tamara ^d  

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

^b Family Care International   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PERSONNEL; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KENYA; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK; SHORT-TERM COURSES; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDIES; TIME; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PERSONNEL; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES EVALUATION; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SHORT-TERM COURSES; STUDIES; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031156130     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2138116     Document Type: Article

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