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Evaluating the impact of community health volunteer home visits on child diarrhea and fever in the Volta Region, Ghana: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Although there is mounting evidence demonstrating beneficial effects of community health workers (CHWs), few studies have examined the impact of CHW programs focused on preventing infectious diseases in children through behavior changes. We assessed the preventive effects of community he...

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Autores principales:	Ma, Yeunji, Sudfeld, Christopher R., Kim, Heunghee, Lee, Jaeeun, Cho, Yinseo, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Degley, Joseph Kwami, Cha, Seungman
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6568387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31199792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002830

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