First Steps in Initiating an Effective Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Program in Urban Slums: the BRAC Manoshi Project’s Experience with Community Engagement, Social Mapping, and Census Taking in Bangladesh

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-18

  Marcil, Lucy ^a   Afsana, Kaosar ^b   Perry, Henry B ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child health; Community health; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Primary health care; Slums; Urban health

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; CENSUSES; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84962747220     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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