Quality of care for severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in southern Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-142

  Puett, Chloe ^a   Coates, Jennifer ^a   Alderman, Harold ^b   Sadler, Kate ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Community health workers; Community based management of acute malnutrition; Mixed methods; Quality of care; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DECENTRALIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84870981698     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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