Effect of multiple interventions on community health workers' adherence to clinical guidelines in Siaya district, Kenya.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on October 24, 2006

Authors

Samantha Y Rowe1, Jane M Kelly, Monica A Olewe, David G Kleinbaum, John E McGowan, Deborah A McFarland, Roger Rochat, Michael S Deming

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 4th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. say9@cdc.gov

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