Community health workers - a resource for identification and referral of sick newborns in rural Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 898-906

  Kayemba Nalwadda, Christine ^a,b   Guwatudde, David ^a   Waiswa, Peter ^a,b,c   Kiguli, Juliet ^a   Namazzi, Gertrude ^a,c   Namutumba, Sarah ^c   Tomson, Göran ^b   Peterson, Stefan ^b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Iganga Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Community health workers; Danger signs; Knowledge; Newborn; Referral; Skill; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; NEONATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURE LABOR; ROLE PLAYING; RURAL AREA; UGANDA; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MOTHERS; PREMATURE BIRTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPURATION; THORAX; UGANDA; UMBILICAL CORD; VITAL SIGNS;

UGANDA;

EID: 84879231904     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12106     Document Type: Article

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