Care Groups I: An innovative community-based strategy for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health in resource-constrained settings

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-369

  Perry, Henry ^a   Morrow, Melanie ^b   Borger, Sarah ^c   Weiss, Jennifer ^d   DeCoster, Mary ^c   Davis, Thomas ^e   Ernst, Pieter ^f  

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

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Food for the Hungry   (United States)

^d Newborn and Child Health Initiative   (United States)

^e Feed The Children   (United States)

^f World Relief Mozambique   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84992515085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00051     Document Type: Review

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