The challenges of reshaping disease specific and care oriented community based services towards comprehensive goals: A situation appraisal in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schneider, Helen ^a   Schaay, Nikki ^a   Dudley, Lilian ^b   Goliath, Charlyn ^b   Qukula, Tobeka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community based services; Community health workers; Community system strengthening; Governance; Lay health workers; Situation appraisal; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84942645754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1109-4     Document Type: Article

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