Strengthening health human resources and improving clinical outcomes through an integrated guideline and educational outreach in resource-poor settings: A cluster-randomized trial

Trials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schull, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   Banda, Hastings ^e   Kathyola, Damson ^f   Fairall, Lara ^g   Martiniuk, Alexandra ^c,h   Burciul, Barry ^a   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,c,g   Sodhi, Sumeet ^a   Thompson, Sandy ^a   Joshua, Martias ^f,i   Mondiwa, Martha ^j   Bateman, Eric ^g  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^j Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi   (Malawi)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALAWI; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649622448     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-118     Document Type: Article

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