Accuracy of Assessment of Eligibility for Early Medical Abortion by Community Health Workers in Ethiopia, India and South Africa.
OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of assessment of eligibility for early medical abortion by community health workers using a simple checklist toolkit. DESIGN:Diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING:Ethiopia, India and South Africa. METHODS:Two hundred seventeen women in Ethiopia, 258 in India and 236 in...
Main Authors: | Heidi Bart Johnston, Bela Ganatra, My Huong Nguyen, Ndema Habib, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, Jane Harries, Kirti Iyengar, Jennifer Moodley, Hailu Yeneneh Lema, Deborah Constant, Swapnaleen Sen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4701452?pdf=render |
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