Plausible role for CHW peer support groups in increasing care-seeking in an integrated community case management project in Rwanda: A mixed methods evaluation

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-354

  Langston, Anne ^a   Weiss, Jennifer ^b   Landegger, Justine ^a   Pullum, Thomas ^c   Morrow, Melanie ^c   Kabadege, Melene ^d   Mugeni, Catherine ^e   Sarriot, Eric ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^b Newborn and Child Health Initiative   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d World Relief   (United States)

^e Rwanda Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RWANDA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RWANDA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84924726308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00067     Document Type: Article

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