Use of mobile phone consultations during home visits by Community Health Workers for maternal and newborn care: Community experiences from Masindi and Kiryandongo districts, Uganda Global health.

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mangwi Ayiasi, Richard ^a   Atuyambe, Lynn Muhimbuura ^a   Kiguli, Juliet ^a   Orach, Christopher Garimoi ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b   Criel, Bart ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Home visits; Maternal and newborn care practices; Mobile phone consultation; Village health teams

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA;

CELL PHONES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84988869819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1939-3     Document Type: Article

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