Predictors of health worker performance after Integrated Management of Childhood Illness training in Benin: A cohort study Health systems and services in low and middle income settings

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Steinhardt, Laura C ^a   Onikpo, Faustin ^b   Kouamé, Julien ^a   Piercefield, Emily ^a   Lama, Marcel ^c   Deming, Michael S ^a   Rowe, Alexander K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Benin)

^c Africare Benin   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Case management; Child health; Health worker performance; IMCI; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENIN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BENIN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937523138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0910-4     Document Type: Article

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