Development of a participatory tool for the evaluation of Village Animal Health Workers in Cambodia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Calba, Clementine ^a   Ponsich, Aurelia ^b,d   Nam, Sophorn ^b   Collineau, Lucie ^a,e   Min, Sophoan ^b   Thonnat, Jerome ^c   Goutard, Flavie Luce ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières AVSF   (Cambodia)

^c MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^d GDS Centre   (France)

^e SAFOSO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Community based evaluation; Criteria method; Health workers; Participatory tool development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; VACCINATION; VILLAGE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VILLAGE ANIMAL HEALTH WORKER; WORKER; ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CAMBODIA;

ANIMALS; CAMBODIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84896111219     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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