Accelerating progress in achieving the millennium development goal for children through community-based approaches

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-419

  Freeman, P ^a   Perry, H B ^a,b   Gupta, S K ^a,c   Rassekh, B ^a,d  

^a Syst Review of the Effectiveness of Community Based Primary Health Care in Improving Child Health   (United States)

^b Future Generations   (United States)

^c Medical Epidemiologist   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

child survival; community based; evidence; primary health care

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY BASED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859485112     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903330305     Document Type: Review

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