The effects, safety and acceptability of compact, pre-filled, autodisable injection devices when delivered by lay health workers

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1002-1016

  Glenton, Claire ^a,b   Khanna, Rajesh ^c   Morgan, Chris ^d,e   Nilsen, Elin Strømme ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian branch of the Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Norway)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^e The Women's and Children's Health Knowledge Hub ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Compact, pre filled, autodisable injection devices; Lay health workers; Qualitative metasynthesis; Systematic review; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; OXYTOCIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBIOTICS; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH WORKER; HEPATITIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY CARE; COMPACT PREFILLED AUTODISABLE INJECTION DEVICE; DATA BASE; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INJECTION; MANAGER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYRINGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TETANUS; TRAINING; TRUST;

COMPACT, PRE-FILLED, AUTODISABLE INJECTION DEVICES; LAY HEALTH WORKERS; QUALITATIVE METASYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK SHIFTING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84880300199     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12126     Document Type: Review

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