Agent Characteristics and Productivity in the Mexican Rural Health Program

Analyses of numbers of family planning, prenatal, and child care acceptors in the Mexican community-based rural health program revealed that the most productive supervisors and community agents tended to be older, married women with one or more children. Additionally, contraceptive use and knowledge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in family planning 1980-07, Vol.11 (7/8), p.247-254
Hauptverfasser: Azcona, Sergio Correu, Maria del Carmen Elu de Lenero, Cordero, Jorge Campos, Keller, Alan
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Adult
Allied Health Personnel - supply & distribution
Birth control
Children
Community power
Family Characteristics
Family planning
Family Planning Services
Female
Humans
Male
Marital status
Mexico
Nurses
Prenatal Care
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Productivity
Retirement communities
Rural Health
T tests
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