Seeing, thinking and acting against malaria - A new aprroach to health worker training in rural Gambia

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Dawson, Angela ^a   Joof, Balla Musa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Community health nurses; Computer based training developing contexts; Health worker education and training

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GAMBIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALARIA CONTROL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THINKING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GAMBIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 28044446976     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280500307264     Document Type: Article

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