Does the design and implementation of proven innovations for delivering basic primary health care services in rural communities fit the urban setting: The case of Ghana's Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS)

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Adongo, Philip B ^a   Phillips, James F ^b   Aikins, Moses ^a   Arhin, Doris A ^c   Schmitt, Margaret ^b   Nwameme, Adanna U ^a   Tabong, Philip Teg Nefaah ^a   Binka, Fred N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

CHPS Milestones; Community based health planning and service; Ghana; Health Policy; Primary Health Care; Urban Health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH PLANNING AND SERVICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84897945974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-16     Document Type: Article

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