A realist synthesis of randomised control trials involving use of community health workers for delivering child health interventions in low and middle income countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kane, Sumit S ^a   Gerretsen, Barend ^a   Scherpbier, Robert ^b   Dal Poz, Mario ^b   Dieleman, Marjolein ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77957742937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-286     Document Type: Article

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