Human resource development for a community-based health extension program: A case study from Ethiopia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Teklehaimanot, Hailay D ^a   Teklehaimanot, Awash ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralized management; Ethiopia; Health extension program; Health extension workers; Human resource; Infrastructure; Preventive and promotive health services; Primary care; Service delivery strategy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883005104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-39     Document Type: Article

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