Why first-level health workers fail to follow guidelines for managing severe disease in children in the Coast Region, the United Republic of Tanzania

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Walter, Nicholas D ^a   Lyimo, Thomas ^b   Skarbinski, Jacek ^a   Metta, Emmy ^b   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^b   Flannery, Brendan ^c   Dowell, Scott F ^a   Abdulla, Salim ^b   Kachur, S Patrick ^a  

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

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEASLES; NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIFE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 61449095609     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.050740     Document Type: Article

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