Integrated community case management: Quality of care and adherence to medication in benesiiangul-gumuz region, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-90

  Najjemba, Robinah ^a   Kiapi, Lilian ^b   Demissie, Shiferaw Dechasa ^c   Gossaye, Tadesse ^c   Engida, Mezgebu ^c   Ratnayake, Ruwan ^d   Degefie, Tedbabe ^e   Legesse, Hailemariam ^e   Lemma, Ataklti Fisseha ^f   Getachew, Hiwot ^c   Gebrie, Muluken ^c  

^a International Public Health Consultant   (Switzerland)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRC   (Ethiopia)

^d Epidemiology   (United States)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Caretakers adherence; Child health; Child survival; Child treatment; Community case management; Ethiopia; Health extension program; Health extension worker; Malaria; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84929942558     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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