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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
aJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Melanie Morrow
bICF International (Maternal and Child Survival Program), Washington, DC, USA
Sarah Borger
cFood for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA
Jennifer Weiss
dConcern Worldwide/US, New York, NY, USA
Mary DeCoster
cFood for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA
Thomas Davis
eFeed the Children, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Pieter Ernst
fWorld Relief/Mozambique, Chokwe, Mozambique

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September 10, 2015
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
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
- CONCLUSIONS
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- REFERENCES
- Figures & Tables
- Info & Metrics
- Comments
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