Assessment of management training for low-level community health workers providing care for children with acute respiratory infections in four districts of Senegal;Formation d'agents de santé communautaire à la prise en charge des infections respiratoires aiguës de l'enfant

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Sylla, A ^a   Sarr, C S ^b   Gueye, E H B ^c   Ndiaye, D ^b   Sall, M G ^a   Kuakuvi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Basics Sénégal   (Senegal)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections Training; Community health workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENEGAL; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 4143076817     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(04)99049-9     Document Type: Article

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