Valuing and sustaining (or not) the ability of volunteer community health workers to deliver integrated community case management in northern Ghana: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Daniels, Karen ^a   Sanders, David ^b,c   Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Doherty, Tanya ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTARY WORKER; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84937949989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126322     Document Type: Article

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