Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to guidelines for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)?

The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has been introduced to reduce child morbidity and mortality in countries with a poor health infrastructure. Previous studies have documented a poor adherence to clinical guidelines, but little is known about the reasons for non-adherence. This mi...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) 2014-03, Vol.104, p.56-63
Main Authors:	Lange, Siri, Mwisongo, Aziza, Mæstad, Ottar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adherence Africa Attitude of Health Personnel Biological and medical sciences Child Child development Child Health Services - standards Child mortality Childhood Clinical Competence Clinical guidelines Clinical practice guidelines Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - standards Districts Follow-Up Studies General aspects Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data Health Health care Health facilities Health Facilities - statistics & numerical data Health Personnel - psychology Health Problems Health status Health worker performance Heuristic Humans Illness Illnesses Infrastructure Integrated management Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Intrinsic motivation Know-do gap Knowledge Longitudinal studies Management Medical personnel Medical sciences Medical workers Miscellaneous Morbidity Mortality Mortality Rates Motivation Practice Guidelines as Topic Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Qualitative Research Rules Rural areas Rural Health Services - standards Tanzania Task performance Vignettes
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