The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 599-608

  Wells Pence, Brian ^a   Nyarko, Philomena ^b   Phillips, James F ^c   Debpuur, Cornelius ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ghana)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bamako Initiative; Child mortality; Community health volunteers; Demographic surveillance; Field trials; Health service delivery; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 36549042521     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701349225     Document Type: Article

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