The emergence of community health worker programmes in the late apartheid era in South Africa: An historical analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1110-1118

  van Ginneken, Nadja ^a   Lewin, Simon ^a   Berridge, Virginia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Community health worker (CHW) policy; Community health workers; Community participation; Oral history; South Africa; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING HISTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955583439     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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