A Study of Volunteer Community Health Workers Promoting Maternal Health Services in Rural Kenya: A Christian Viewpoint

A Study of Volunteer Community Health Workers Promoting Maternal Health Services in Rural Kenya: A Christian Viewpoint

Introduction: Despite the call for community-based health care interventions in the developing world, there is little research examining the effectiveness of paid versus volunteer community health worker (CHW) programs to increase women’s use of maternal health services. From a Christian perspective...

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Main Authors:	Bradly Alexander Kimbrough, Lisa Baker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Health for All Nations 2014-01-01
Series:	Christian Journal for Global Health
Subjects:	HIV Community health Community health worker Lay health worker Volunteer health worker Maternal health Antenatal care Health systems strengthening Labor and delivery Kenya Nyanza Christian health systemss development
Online Access:	http://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/18/115

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