Stakeholder's perspective: Sustainability of a community health worker program in Afghanistan

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 123-129

  Najafizada, Said Ahmad Maisam ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^b   Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Community health workers; Primary health care; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFGHANISTAN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFGHANISTAN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84995607493     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.11.004     Document Type: Article

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