The influence of observation and setting on community health workers' practices

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Rowe, S Y ^a,c   Olewe, M A ^b,d   Kleinbaum, D G ^a   McGowan Jr , J E ^a   McFarland, D A ^a   Rochat, R ^a   Deming, M S ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARE Kenya ^*  (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case management; Child health; Community health worker; Hawthorne effect; Kenya; Treatment error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KENYA; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 33748123441     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl009     Document Type: Article

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