Increasing the capacity of health surveillance assistants in community mental health care in a developing country, Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 85-88

  Kauye, Felix ^a   Chiwandira, Chikayiko ^a   Wright, Jerome ^a   Common, Stephanie ^a   Phiri, Mcevans ^a   Mafuta, Chitsazo ^a   Maliwichi Senganimalunje, Limbika ^b   Udedi, Michael ^a  

^a Zomba Central Mental Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALAWI; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MALAWI; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84856931506     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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