Factors influencing the implementation of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) by healthcare workers at public health centers & dispensaries in Mwanza, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kiplagat, Augustine ^a   Musto, Richard ^b   Mwizamholya, Damas ^c   Morona, Domenica ^c  

^a Zonal Health Resource Centre Lake Zone   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Council Health Management Team (CHMT); Factors influencing the implementation of IMCI; Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI); Lower level health facilities

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899050889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-277     Document Type: Article

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