Taking knowledge for health the extra mile: Participatory evaluation of a mobile phone intervention for community health workers in Malawi

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Campbell, Natalie ^a   Schiffer, Eva ^b   Buxbaum, Ann ^c   McLean, Elizabeth ^a   Perry, Cary ^c   Sullivan, Tara M ^d  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Public Health Consultant   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CELL PHONES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALAWI; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84924272790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00141     Document Type: Article

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