A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of severe illness in low-income settings: A quasi-experimental study from Uganda

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cummings, Matthew J ^a   Goldberg, Elijah ^b,c   Mwaka, Savio ^c   Kabajaasi, Olive ^c   Vittinghoff, Eric ^d   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^d   Katamba, Achilles ^e   Kenya Mugisha, Nathan ^c   Jacob, Shevin T ^c,f   Lucian Davis, J ^g,h  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b ImpactMatters   (United States)

^c Walimu   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Critical care; Global health; Implementation; Quality improvement; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; COOPERATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; VITAL SIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRIAGE; UGANDA; VITAL SIGNS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85032986708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0654-0     Document Type: Article

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