Effect of the health extension program and other accessibility factors on care-seeking behaviors for common childhood illnesses in rural Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-64

  Ashenafr, Addis ^a   Karim, Ali Mehryar ^a   Ameha, Agazi ^b   Erbo, Amano ^a   Getachew, Nebiyu ^a   Betemariam, Wuleta ^a  

^a JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Care seeking behavior; Child health; Community case management; Community health worker; Ethiopia; Health extension program; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84929939565     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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