The effect of interrupted 5-day training on Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness on the knowledge and skills of primary health care workers

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Aggarwal, Arun K ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Breastfeeding; Child; Counselling; Malnutrition; Neonatal sepsis; Neonate; Training

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSE MIDWIVES; PEDIATRICS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; TIME;

EID: 60249097643     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn051     Document Type: Article

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