Community Involvement in Health Systems Strengthening to Improve Global Health Outcomes: A Review of Guidelines and Potential Roles

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 139-149

  Sacks, Emma ^a   Swanson, Robert C ^b   Schensul, Jean J ^c   Gleave, Anna ^d   Shelley, Katharine D ^a   Were, Miriam K ^e   Chowdhury, A Mushtaque ^f   LeBan, Karen ^g   Perry, Henry B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Utah Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^g UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

community based health systems; health systems strengthening; literature reviews; maternal and child health; policy frameworks; universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MONITORING; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85040916646     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272684X17738089     Document Type: Article

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