Strengthening patient-centred communication in rural Ugandan health centres: A theory-driven evaluation within a cluster randomized trial

Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 471-491

  Nayiga, Susan ^a   DiLiberto, Deborah ^b   Taaka, Lilian ^a   Nabirye, Christine ^a   Haaland, Ane ^c   Staedke, Sarah G ^b   Chandler, Clare I R ^b  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; complex intervention; patient centred communication; quality of health care; theory driven evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908670736     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389014551484     Document Type: Article

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