A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-276

  Javanparast, Sara ^a   Baum, Fran ^b   Labonte, Ronald ^c   Sanders, David ^d   Heidari, Gholamreza ^e   Rezaie, Sakineh ^f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e Boushehr University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

community health worker; comprehensive primary health care; health policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79954564578     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.7     Document Type: Article

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