Training outreach workers for AIDS prevention in rural India: Is it sustainable?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-420

  Sivaram, Sudha ^a,b   Celentano, David D ^a  

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

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS education; HIV AIDS; Peer educators; Prevention; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGANIZATIONS; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0345528026     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czg049     Document Type: Review

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