Retention of female volunteer community health workers in Dhaka urban slums: A prospective cohort study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alam, Khurshid ^a,b   Oliveras, Elizabeth ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health service delivery; Community health workers; Dhaka; Urban slums; Volunteer retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84901945003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-29     Document Type: Article

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