The acceptability, feasibility and impact of a lay health counsellor delivered health promoting schools programme in India: A case study evaluation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rajaraman, Divya ^a   Travasso, Sandra ^b   Chatterjee, Achira ^b   Bhat, Bhargav ^b   Andrew, Gracy ^b   Parab, Suraj ^b   Patel, Vikram ^b,c  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b Sangath   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84861350303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-127     Document Type: Article

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