Reliability of information on people with disabilities gathered by community health workers in highly consanguineous communities of Northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Fernando Rocha Lucena Lopes (Author), Karolinne Souza Monteiro (Author), Thalita Figueiredo (Author), Thyago da Costa Wanderley (Author), Thiago de Almeida Pequeno (Author), Shirley Lima (Author), Silvana Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Brazil, community health workers have gathered monthly information on people with disabilities to maintain the Primary Care Information System since 1998; however, few studies have used this database for scientific or public health policy purposes. Objectives This study aimed...