Care Groups II: A summary of the child survival outcomes achieved using volunteer community health workers in resource-constrained settings

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 370-381

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

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

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Feed The Children   (United States)

^d Food for the Hungry   (United States)

^e Newborn and Child Health Initiative   (United States)

^f JHPIEGO   (United States)

^g World Relief Mozambique   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84992517111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00052     Document Type: Article

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