Factors related to retention of community health workers in a trial on community-based management of fever in children under 5 years in the Dangme West District of Ghana

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-105

  Abbey, Mercy ^a   Bartholomew, L Kay ^b   Nonvignon, Justice ^c   Chinbuah, Margaret A ^a   Pappoe, Matilda ^c   Gyapong, Margaret ^a   Gyapong, John O ^a,c   Bart Plange, Constance ^a   van den Borne, Bart ^d  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attrition; Community health workers; Community management; Fevers; Ghana; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902073908     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu007     Document Type: Article

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