A framework for scaling up health interventions: Lessons from large-scale improvement initiatives in Africa

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Barker, Pierre M ^a,b   Reid, Amy ^a   Schall, Marie W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Large scale spread; Quality improvement; Scale up; Spread; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; DRAWING; GHANA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MODEL; PUBLICATION; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 84956673128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0374-x     Document Type: Article

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