Community case management of malaria: Exploring support, capacity and motivation of community medicine distributors in Uganda

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 451-461

  Banek, Kristin ^a,b   Nankabirwa, Joaniter ^a,c   Maiteki Sebuguzi, Catherine ^a   Diliberto, Deborah ^b   Taaka, Lilian ^a   Chandler, Clare I R ^b   Staedke, Sarah G ^a,b  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

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

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

case management; community health; community health volunteers; community health workers; community medicine distributors; health workers; Malaria; motivation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84928951567     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu033     Document Type: Article

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