Identifying gaps in the practices of rural health extension workers in Ethiopia: A task analysis study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Desta, Firew Ayalew ^a   Shifa, Girma Temam ^a   Dagoye, Damtew Woldemariam ^a   Carr, Catherine ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^b   Stekelenburg, Jelle ^c   Nedi, Assefa Bulcha ^a   Kols, Adrienne ^a   Kim, Young Mi ^a  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Ethiopia; Health extension program; Health extension worker; In service training; Pre service education; Scope of practice; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038890084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2804-0     Document Type: Article

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