142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Community based primary health care

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss why community based primary health care has been succesful in low and mid income countries in improving the health indicies. Presenters will discuss specific examples of these positive outcomes and best practices .
Session Objectives: Define community based primary health care Discuss positive outcomes of investing in community based primary health care
Moderator:
Paul Freeman, DR PH. MBBS, MHP(ED) MPH(TH)

11:18am
Health systems strengthening in rural Zimbabwe: Identifying strategies to improve Community Health Worker performance
Rukundo Kambarami, MSPH, Mduduzi Mbuya, Ph.D., Jean Humphrey, Sc.D., Naume Tavengwa, MSW, Robert Ntozini, MPH, Cynthia Chasokela, M.Ed.(AdEd) and Rebecca Stoltzfus, Ph.D.

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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