Evaluation of trained Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers regarding their knowledge, attitude and practices about child health

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shrivastava, S R ^a,b   Shrivastava, P S ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed to Be University   (India)

Author keywords

Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers; Accredited social health activist training module; India; National Rural Health Mission (NRHM); Performance based incentives

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84873435423     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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