Barriers to the uptake of community-based curative child health services in Ethiopia

Barriers to the uptake of community-based curative child health services in Ethiopia

Abstract Background Uptake of services to treat newborns and children has been persistently low in Ethiopia, despite being provided free-of-charge by Health Extension Workers (HEWs). In order to increase the uptake of these services, the Optimizing the Health Extension Project was designed to be imp...

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Main Authors: Birkety Mengistu, Meron Paulos, Nesibu Agonafir, Agazi Ameha, Hailemariam Legesse, Elizabeth Dankenbring, Mariame Sylla, Nathan P. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Barrier analysis
Community-based newborn care
Health extension program
Health extension workers
Integrated community case management
Ethiopia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11558-2

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