Rwanda's evolving community health worker system: A qualitative assessment of client and provider perspectives

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Condo, Jeanine ^a   Mugeni, Catherine ^b   Naughton, Brienna ^c   Hall, Kathleen ^d   Tuazon, Maria Antonia ^d   Omwega, Abiud ^e   Nwaigwe, Friday ^e   Drobac, Peter ^f,g   Hyder, Ziauddin ^d   Ngabo, Fidele ^b   Binagwaho, Agnes ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CHW; Health system; Provider and clients, perspectives; Qualitative assessment; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RWANDA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924182143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-71     Document Type: Article

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