Female health workers at the doorstep: A pilot of community-based maternal, newborn, and child health service delivery in Northern Nigeria

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-108

  Uzondu, Charles A ^a   Doctor, Henry V ^a,b   Findley, Sally E ^b   Afenyadu, Godwin Y ^a   Ager, Alastair ^b  

^a Newborn and Child Health Initiative (PRRINN MNCH)   (Nigeria)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84960982375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00117     Document Type: Article

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