Reliability of community health worker collected data for planning and policy in a peri-urban area of Kisumu, Kenya

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-53

  Otieno, C F ^a   Kaseje, D ^a   Ochieng, B M ^a   Githae, M N ^a  

^a NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Information; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84857040338     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9414-2     Document Type: Article

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