Can community health workers increase coverage of reproductive health services?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 894-900

  Viswanathan, Kavitha ^a   Hansen, Peter M ^b   Hafizur Rahman, M ^a   Steinhardt, Laura ^a   Edward, Anbrasi ^a   Arwal, Said Habib ^c   Peters, David H ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Policy and Performance Department   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 84866051190     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200275     Document Type: Article

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