Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Njuki, Rebecca ^a   Okal, Jerry ^a   Warren, Charlotte E ^a   Obare, Francis ^a   Abuya, Timothy ^a   Kanya, Lucy ^a   Undie, Chi Chi ^a   Bellows, Ben ^a   Askew, Ian ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gender based violence recovery services; Health service utilization; Kenya; Voucher program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIOLENCE;

FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84861982463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-426     Document Type: Article

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