Factors associated with perceived health of school-aged children in rural Rwanda: an opportunity to leverage community health workers to enhance school health promotion and primary healthcare systems linkages

Factors associated with perceived health of school-aged children in rural Rwanda: an opportunity to leverage community health workers to enhance school health promotion and primary healthcare systems linkages

Abstract Background In many low-income countries, enhancing the health of school-aged children is often impeded by insufficient or limited knowledge regarding their health status. Further, hands-on health promotion interventions are nearly non-existent due to the lack of designated health workers. T...

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Main Authors: Anatole Manzi, Daniel Nguyen, Benjamin Katz, Clara Agyapomaa Michel, Theophile Nilingiyimana, Titien Sendarasi, Joseph Niyonzima, Olive Nyiraneza, Norbert Blaise Bimenyimana, Elizabeth Bloom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:BMC Primary Care
Subjects:
School-aged children
Health promoting schools
Health systems
Community health workers
Rwanda
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02645-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02645-5

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