Nurse mentors to advance quality improvement in primary health centers: Lessons from a pilot program in Northern Karnataka, India

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 660-675

  Fischer, Elizabeth A ^a   Jayana, Krishnamurthy ^b,c   Cunningham, Troy ^b   Washington, Maryann ^d   Mony, Prem ^d   Bradley, Janet ^c   Moses, Stephen ^c  

^a SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTOR; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTORS; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85008616475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00142     Document Type: Article

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