Community perspectives on roles and responsibilities for strengthening primary health care in rural Ethiopia

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 961-973

  Curry, Leslie A ^a   Alpern, Rachelle ^a   Webster, Tashonna R ^a   Byam, Patrick ^a   Zerihun, Abraham ^b   Tarakeshwar, Nalini ^c   Cherlin, Emily J ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community participation; primary health care; qualitative methods; rural Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867194360     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.686114     Document Type: Article

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