A randomised controlled trial to investigate effects of enhanced supervision on primary eye care services at health centres in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Kalua, Khumbo ^a,b   Gichangi, Michael ^c   Barassa, Ernest ^c   Eliah, Edson ^d   Lewallen, Susan ^d,e   Courtright, Paul ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Lions SightFirst Eye Hospital   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

human resources; Kenya; Malawi; primary eye care; ressources humaines; soins de la vue primaires; supervision; Tanzania; Tanzanie

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KENYA; MALAWI; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KENYA; MALAWI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84900833805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-S1-S6     Document Type: Article

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