Stages of change: A qualitative study on the implementation of a perinatal audit programme in South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Belizán, María ^a   Bergh, Anne Marie ^a   Cilliers, Carolé ^b   Pattinson, Robert C ^a   Voce, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053355526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-243     Document Type: Article

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