Impact of a one-week intensive 'training of trainers' workshop for community health workers in south-west Nigeria

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-38

  Makanjuola, Victor ^a   Doku, Victor ^c   Jenkins, Rachel ^b,c   Gureje, Oye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Long term impact; Training of trainers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84865215031     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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