Basic or enhanced clinician training to improve adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: A cluster-randomised trial in two areas of Cameroon

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Mbacham, Wilfred F ^a   Mangham Jefferies, Lindsay ^b   Cundill, Bonnie ^b   Achonduh, Olivia A ^a   Chandler, Clare I R ^b   Ambebila, Joel N ^a   Nkwescheu, Armand ^c   Forsah Achu, Dorothy ^c   Ndiforchu, Victor ^c   Tchekountouo, Odile ^c   Akindeh Nji, Mbuh ^a   Ongolo Zogo, Pierre ^a,d   Wiseman, Virginia ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84901264924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70201-3     Document Type: Article

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