Building on community outreach for childhood vaccination to deliver maternal and child health services in Laos: A feasibility assessment

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 20, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 112-121

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^b   Xayyavong, Phoxay ^c   Sackett, Philippa ^d  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Burnet Institute Laos   (Laos)

^d Burnet Institute   (Laos)

Author keywords

Childhood vaccination; Community outreach; Integration of services; Lao PDR; Maternal and child health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAOS; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; LAOS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870883326     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(12)40649-8     Document Type: Article

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