Using community health workers in community-based growth promotion: what stakeholders think
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Using community health workers in community-based growth promotion: what stakeholders think.
The Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project is a community-based growth promotion project that utilizes Community Health Workers (CHWs), referred to as Community Child Growth Promoters (CCGPs), as the principal change agents. The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of key stakeholders about the project and the role of the CCGPs. The study employed qualitative meth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Education Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0268-1153,1465-3648
DOI: 10.1093/her/cys083