Improving maternal and newborn health: Effectiveness of a community health worker program in rural Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Adam, Mary B ^a   Dillmann, Maria ^b   Chen, Mei Kuang ^c   Mbugua, Simon ^a   Ndung'u, Joram ^a   Mumbi, Priscilla ^a   Waweru, Eunice ^a   Meissner, Peter ^b  

^a AIC Kijabe Medical Center   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; RURAL AREA; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84905474544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104027     Document Type: Article

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