Impact of training on assessment of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection at government health facilities in Egypt

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-291

  Langsten, Ray L ^a   el Mougi, Mahmoud ^b   Black, Robert E ^c  

^a Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Diarrhoea; Egypt; Guidelines; Health facilities; Impact studies; Intergrated management of childhood illness; Quality of care; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; ERROR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744510043     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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