Determinants of utilization of health extension workers in the context of scale-up of integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 636-647

  Shaw, Bryan ^a   Amouzou, Agbessi ^a   Miller, Nathan P ^a   Tsui, Amy O ^a   Bryce, Jennifer ^a   Tafesse, Mengistu ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; VULNERABLE POPULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941624094     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0660     Document Type: Article

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