Does a complex intervention targeting communities, health facilities and district health managers increase the utilisation of community-based child health services? A before and after study in intervention and comparison areas of Ethiopia

• Joanna Schellenberg,
• Lars Åke Persson,
• Muluemebet Abera Wordofa,
• Araya Abrha Medhanyie,
• Fisseha Ashebir Gebregizabher,
• Ephrem Tekle Lemango,
• Mezgebu Yitayal,
• Yemisrach Behailu Okwaraji,
• Fitsum W/Gebriel,
• Alem Desta,
• Dawit Wolde Daka,
• Alemayehu Hunduma,
• Tigist Getahun,
• Amare Tariku Woldemariam,
• Desta Wolassa

Affiliations

Joanna Schellenberg

International Centre of Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Lars Åke Persson

5 Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Muluemebet Abera Wordofa

3 Department of Population and Family Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Araya Abrha Medhanyie

19 School of Public Health, Mekelle University College of Health Sciences, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Fisseha Ashebir Gebregizabher

Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Ephrem Tekle Lemango

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mezgebu Yitayal

Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Yemisrach Behailu Okwaraji

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Fitsum W/Gebriel

23 Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Alem Desta

School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Dawit Wolde Daka

Department of Health Policy and Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Hunduma

Department of Population and Family Health, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Tigist Getahun

Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Amare Tariku Woldemariam

Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Desta Wolassa

Health Systems and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia