A traditional healers' training model in rural Nepal: Strengthening their roles in community health

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 956-960

  Poudyal, Amod K ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Murakami, Izumi ^b   Silwal, Ram C ^c   Wakai, Susumu ^a   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community health; Human resource development; Nepal; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; NEPAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROLE; RURAL HEALTH;

NEPAL;

EID: 0142215635     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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