Quality of care of treatment for uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition provided by lady health workers in Pakistan

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 385-390

  Rogers, Eleanor ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^b   Fazal, Shahid ^b   Kumar, Deepak ^b   Guerrero, Saul ^c   Hussain, Imtiaz ^d   Soofi, Sajid ^d   Alvarez Morán, Jose Luis ^a  

^a Action Against Hunger   (United Kingdom)

^b Action Against Hunger Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c Action Against Hunger USA   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Community based management of acute malnutrition; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 85033386744     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002610     Document Type: Article

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