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Care Groups I: An Innovative Community-Based Strategy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Resource-Constrained Settings

Henry Perry, Melanie Morrow, Sarah Borger, Jennifer Weiss, Mary DeCoster, Thomas Davis and Pieter Ernst
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2015, 3(3):358-369; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00051
Henry Perry
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Melanie Morrow
ICF International (Maternal and Child Survival Program), Washington, DC, USA
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Sarah Borger
Food for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA
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Jennifer Weiss
Concern Worldwide/US, New York, NY, USA
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Mary DeCoster
Food for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA
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Thomas Davis
Feed the Children, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Pieter Ernst
World Relief/Mozambique, Chokwe, Mozambique
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Care Groups I: An Innovative Community-Based Strategy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Resource-Constrained Settings
Henry Perry, Melanie Morrow, Sarah Borger, Jennifer Weiss, Mary DeCoster, Thomas Davis, Pieter Ernst
Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2015, 3 (3) 358-369; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00051

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    • Abstract
    • INTRODUCTION
    • WHAT ARE CARE GROUPS?
    • HOW DID CARE GROUPS EMERGE?
    • WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR WITH CARE GROUP IMPLEMENTATION?
    • OTHER EMERGING MODIFICATIONS OF THE CARE GROUP APPROACH
    • INTEGRATION OF CARE GROUPS INTO MINISTRY OF HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS
    • CARE GROUPS AS AN EXAMPLE OF PARTICIPATORY WOMEN’S GROUPS
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