Stakeholders' perceptions of integrated community case management by community health workers: A post-intervention qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Buchner, Denise L ^a   Brenner, Jennifer L ^a   Kabakyenga, Jerome ^b   Teddy, Kyomuhangi ^c   Maling, Samuel ^b   Barigye, Celestine ^d   Nettel Aguirre, Alberto ^b   Singhal, Nalini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Medicine Mbrara University of Science and Technology   (Uganda)

^c Healthy Child Uganda ^*  (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UGANDA; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TRENDS;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84903162747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098610     Document Type: Article

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