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ArticleJournal of global health2019

Testing a simplified tool and training package to improve integrated Community Case Management in Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: a quasi-experimental study.

Anne Langston, Alison Wittcoff, Pascal Ngoy, Jennifer O'Keefe, Naoko Kozuki, Hannah Taylor, Yolanda Barbera Lainez, Sambou Bacary

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Article in Journal of global health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Anne LangstonInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Alison WittcoffInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Pascal NgoyInternational Rescue Committee, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
Jennifer O'KeefeInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Naoko KozukiInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Hannah TaylorInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Yolanda Barbera LainezInternational Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
Sambou BacaryWorld Health Organization, Kinshasa, DR Congo.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntegrated community case management (iCCM) is a strategy to train community health workers (

methodsThe revised training curriculum and tools were tested in a quasi-experimental study, with 74

resultsChildren seen by the

conclusionThis study demonstrates that, at scale, simplified tools and a training package adapted for low-literate

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Case ManagementChild, PreschoolCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersCurriculumDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedDemocratic Republic of the CongoDiarrheaHumansInfantLiteracyMalariaPneumoniaProgram Evaluation

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PMID31263553
PMCPMC6594717

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