Community satisfaction with the urban health extension service in South Ethiopia and associated factors

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sibamo, Ephrem Lejore ^a   Berheto, Tezera Moshago ^b  

^a Hadiya Zone Health Department Health Extension Program Coordinator   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hadiya Zone; Satisfaction; Urban Health Extension Professionals; Urban Health Extension Program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928041237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0821-4     Document Type: Article

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