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"It's like these CHCs don't exist, are they featured anywhere?": Social network analysis of community health committees in a rural and urban setting in Kenya.

Robinson Njoroge KarugaMaryse KokPatrick MbindyoFemke HilverdaLilian OtisoDaniel KavooJaqueline BroerseMarjolein Dieleman
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Social network analysis demonstrated how CHCs played a peripheral role in the flow of health-related information. Their perception of being left out of the information flow led to demotivation, which hampered their ability to facilitate community participation in community health services; hence challenging effective participation through CHCs.
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