Assessing the quality of sick child care provided by community health workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Miller, Nathan P ^a   Amouzou, Agbessi ^a   Hazel, Elizabeth ^a   Degefie, Tedbabe ^b   Legesse, Hailemariam ^b   Tafesse, Mengistu ^c   Pearson, Luwei ^b   Black, Robert E ^a   Bryce, Jennifer ^a  

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

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c ABH Services   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; VALIDITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84952673789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142010     Document Type: Article

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