Knowledge and performance of the Ethiopian health extension workers on antenatal and delivery care: A cross-sectional study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Medhanyie, Araya ^a,b,c   Spigt, Mark ^b,d   Dinant, GeertJan ^b   Blanco, Roman ^c  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Community health workers; Health extension workers; Maternal health care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869228594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-44     Document Type: Article

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