Factors affecting the performance of community health workers in India: A multi-stakeholder perspective

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Reetu ^a   Webster, Premila ^b   Bhattacharyya, Sanghita ^c  

^a India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

ASHA; Child health; Community health workers; Link workers; NRHM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84987600924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25352     Document Type: Article

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