Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in Eastern Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kalyango, Joan N ^a,b   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^b   Alfven, Tobias ^a,c   Ssali, Sarah ^b   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b,d   Karamagi, Charles ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; CHW; CMDs; Health system research; ICCM; Malaria; Performance; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TACHYPNEA; UGANDA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 84865058839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-282     Document Type: Article

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