Effectiveness of supportive supervision on the consistency of integrated community cases management skills of the health extension workers in 113 districts of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-71

  Ameha, Agazi ^a   Karim, Ali Mehiyar ^b   Erbo, Amano ^b   Ashenafi, Addis ^b   Hailu, Mulu ^b   Hailu, Berhan ^b   Folia, Abebe ^b   Bizuwork, Simret ^b   Betemariam, Wuleta ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Child survival; Community case management; Community health worker; Community based program; Ethiopia; Health extension program; Supportive supervision

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929940440     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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