Long-term reductions in mortality among children under age 5 in rural Haiti: Effects of a comprehensive health system in an impoverished setting

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-246

  Perry, Henry ^a   Berggren, Warren ^b   Berggren, Gretchen ^b   Dowell, Duane ^c   Menager, Henri ^d   Bottex, Erve ^e   Dortonne, Jean Richard ^f   Philippe, Francois ^b   Cayemittes, Michel ^g  

^a Future Generations   (United States)

^b Hôpital Albert Schweitzer ^*

^c Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^d KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EVALUATION; HAITI; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

BENCHMARKING; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HAITI; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846921586     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.088732     Document Type: Article

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