Eleanor Gouws
Biographic Data
| ID | 1734392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eleanor Gouws |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eleanor |
| FAMILY NAME | Gouws |
| SIGNATURE | GOUWS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/Aids
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
OBJECTIVE: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS: Child health quality of care and costs were compared in four states in Northeastern Brazil, in 2001. There were studied 48 health facilities considered to have had stable strategy imple…
Improving quality and efficiency of facility-based child health care through Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania
IMCI improved the quality and efficiency of child health care relative to routine child health care in the study districts. Previous study results indicated that the introduction of IMCI in these Tanzanian districts was associated with mortality levels that were 13% lower than in comparison districts. We can therefore conclude that IMCI is also more cost-effective than routine care for improving child health outcomes. The dissemination strategy f…
Improving facility-based care for sick children in Uganda
This study assessed the effects of scaling-up Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on the quality of care received by sick children in 10 districts in Uganda. Health workers trained in IMCI were found to deliver significantly better care than health workers who had not yet been trained, but absolute levels of service quality remained low. Achieving training coverage alone is not sufficient as a strategy to improve and sustain care qu…
Measuring the quality of child health care at first-level facilities
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Improving facility-based care for sick children in Uganda
This study assessed the effects of scaling-up Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on the quality of care received by sick children in 10 districts in Uganda. Health workers trained in IMCI were found to deliver significantly better care than health workers who had not yet been trained, but absolute levels of service quality remained low. Achieving training coverage alone is not sufficient as a strategy to improve and sustain care qu…
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
OBJECTIVE: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS: Child health quality of care and costs were compared in four states in Northeastern Brazil, in 2001. There were studied 48 health facilities considered to have had stable strategy imple…
Improving quality and efficiency of facility-based child health care through Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania
IMCI improved the quality and efficiency of child health care relative to routine child health care in the study districts. Previous study results indicated that the introduction of IMCI in these Tanzanian districts was associated with mortality levels that were 13% lower than in comparison districts. We can therefore conclude that IMCI is also more cost-effective than routine care for improving child health outcomes. The dissemination strategy f…
Measuring the quality of child health care at first-level facilities
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Improving quality and efficiency of facility-based child health care through Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania
IMCI improved the quality and efficiency of child health care relative to routine child health care in the study districts. Previous study results indicated that the introduction of IMCI in these Tanzanian districts was associated with mortality levels that were 13% lower than in comparison districts. We can therefore conclude that IMCI is also more cost-effective than routine care for improving child health outcomes. The dissemination strategy f…
Improving facility-based care for sick children in Uganda
This study assessed the effects of scaling-up Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on the quality of care received by sick children in 10 districts in Uganda. Health workers trained in IMCI were found to deliver significantly better care than health workers who had not yet been trained, but absolute levels of service quality remained low. Achieving training coverage alone is not sufficient as a strategy to improve and sustain care qu…
Measuring the quality of child health care at first-level facilities
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
OBJECTIVE: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS: Child health quality of care and costs were compared in four states in Northeastern Brazil, in 2001. There were studied 48 health facilities considered to have had stable strategy imple…
Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/Aids
Medicine (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Developing country (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Population (3 works)