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Lay health workers in primary and community health care

  1. Simon Lewin1,*,
  2. Judy Dick2,
  3. Philip Pond3,
  4. Merrick Zwarenstein4,
  5. Godwin N Aja5,
  6. Brian E van Wyk6,
  7. Xavier Bosch-Capblanch7,
  8. Mary Patrick2

Editorial Group: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group

Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 7 NOV 2004

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004015.pub2

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Lewin S, Dick J, Pond P, Zwarenstein M, Aja GN, van Wyk BE, Bosch-Capblanch X, Patrick M. Lay health workers in primary and community health care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004015. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004015.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Preventive and International Health Unit, Oslo, Norway

  2. 2

    Medical Research Council of South Africa, Health Systems Research Unit, Tygerberg, South Africa

  3. 3

    London, UK

  4. 4

    Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Continuing Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

  5. 5

    Babcock University, Department of Health Sciences, Ikeja-Lagos, South West, Nigeria

  6. 6

    University of the Western Cape, School of Public Health , Bellville, South Africa

  7. 7

    Swiss Tropical Institute, Swiss Centre for International Health, Basel, Switzerland

*Simon Lewin, Preventive and International Health Unit, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Box 7004 St Olavs plass, Oslo, N-0130, Norway. simon.lewin@lshtm.ac.uk.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

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    Lay health workers in primary and community health care

    Simon Lewin, Judy Dick, Philip Pond, Merrick Zwarenstein, Godwin N Aja, Brian E van Wyk, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch and Mary Patrick

    Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004015.pub2

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    Lay health workers in primary and community health care (review1)

    J Dick, S Lewin, M Zwarenstein, G Aja, B van Wyk, P Pond, X Bosch-Capblanch and M Patrick

    Article first published online: 18 OCT 2004 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004015

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