Access to integrated community case management of childhood illnesses services in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study of the perspectives and experiences of caregivers

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 656-666

  Shaw, Bryan ^a   Amouzou, Agbessi ^a   Miller, Nathan P ^a   Tafesse, Mengistu ^b   Bryce, Jennifer ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a  

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

^b ABH Services   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Ethiopia; Healthcare access; Healthcare seeking behaviour; ICCM; Malaria; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHIOPIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84979082729     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv115     Document Type: Article

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