Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess Maternal and Newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 267-275

  Adams, Alayne ^a   Sedalia, Saroj ^b   McNab, Shanon ^b   Sarker, Malabika ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Implementation research; Maternal and Newborn Health; Realist evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BANGLADESH; DRAWING; HUMAN; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCALE UP; CHILD HEALTH; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

BANGLADESH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84964577735     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv053     Document Type: Article

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