'The government cannot do it all alone': Realist analysis of the minutes of community health committee meetings in Nigeria

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 332-345

  Abimbola, Seye ^a,b,c   Molemodile, Shola K ^d   Okonkwo, Ononuju A ^b   Negin, Joel ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a,c   Martiniuk, Alexandra L ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Decentralization; Governance; Nigeria; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84962532224     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv066     Document Type: Article

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