Training and supervision did not meaningfully improve quality of care for pregnant women or sick children in sub-Saharan Africa

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1716-1724

  Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Gage, Anna ^a   Nsona, Humphreys ^b   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^c,d   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Unit   (Malawi)

^c ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN SERVICE TRAINING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988391742     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0261     Document Type: Article

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