Protocol for the evaluation of a social franchising model to improve maternal health in Uttar Pradesh, India

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pereira, Shreya K ^a   Kumar, Paresh ^b   Dutt, Varun ^b   Haldar, Kaveri ^b   Penn Kekana, Loveday ^a   Santos, Andreia ^a   Powell Jackson, Timothy ^a  

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

^b Sambodhi Research and Communications Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Impact evaluation; India; Social franchising; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR;

CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84934877058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0269-2     Document Type: Article

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