Reaching remote health workers in Malawi: Baseline assessment of a pilot mhealth intervention

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 105-117

  Lemay, Nancy Vollmer ^a   Sullivan, Tara ^b   Jumbe, Brian ^c   Perry, Cary Peabody ^d  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Management Sciences for Health/Malawi ^*  (Malawi)

^d Public Health Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALAWI; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HUMANS; MALAWI; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84861328825     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.649106     Document Type: Article

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