Methods for evaluating the impact of vertical programs on health systems: Protocol for a study on the impact of the global polio eradication initiative on strengthening routine immunization and primary health care

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Closser, Svea ^a   Rosenthal, Anat ^b   Parris, Thomas ^c   Maes, Kenneth ^d   Justice, Judith ^e   Cox, Kelly ^a   Luck, Matthew A ^c   Landis, R Matthew ^c   Grove, John ^f   Tedoff, Pauley ^a   Venczel, Linda ^f   Nsubuga, Peter ^g   Kuzara, Jennifer ^h   Neergheen, Vanessa ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ISciences LLC   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g Global Public Health Solutions   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative ethnography; Eradication; Health systems; Polio; Primary health care; Routine immunization; Vertical program

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84865535026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-728     Document Type: Review

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