Impact of dropout of female volunteer community health workers: An exploration in Dhaka urban slums

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alam, Khurshid ^a,b   Khan, Jahangir Am ^a   Walker, Damian G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAC CHWs; Friction cost approach; Impact of dropout; Ingredient approach; Sustainability; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDIA; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84865056972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-260     Document Type: Article

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