The effectiveness of treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) delivered by community health workers compared to a traditional facility based model

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Alvarez Moran J L ^a   Alé, G B Franck ^b   Charle, P ^c   Sessions, N ^a   Doumbia, S ^d   Guerrero, S ^e  

^a Action Against Hunger UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Fundación Acción Contra el Hambre ACF Spain   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^e Action Against Hunger   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Community health workers; Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM); Coverage; Severe acute malnutrition (SAM)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALI; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALI; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85045217997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-2987-z     Document Type: Article

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