Assessment of 'Accredited Social Health Activists'-A national community health volunteer scheme in Karnataka state, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-145

  Fathima, Farah N ^a   Raju, Mohan ^b   Varadharajan, Kiruba S ^a   Krishnamurthy, Aditi ^a   Ananthkumar, S R ^a   Mony, Prem K ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b Karnataka State Health Systems Resource Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community health volunteer; India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931361120     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: 20721315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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