TY - JOUR AU - Mamo, Abebe AU - Morankar, Sudhakar AU - Asfaw, Shifera AU - Bergen, Nicole AU - Kulkarni, Manisha A. AU - Abebe, Lakew AU - Labonté, Ronald AU - Birhanu, Zewdie AU - Abera, Muluemebet PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/21 TI - How do community health actors explain their roles? Exploring the roles of community health actors in promoting maternal health services in rural Ethiopia JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 724 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Maternal and child morbidity and mortality remains one of the most important public health challenges in developing countries. In rural settings, the promotion of household and community health practices through health extension workers in collaboration with other community members is among the key strategies to improve maternal and child health. Little has been studied on the actual roles and contributions of various individuals and groups to date, especially in the rural areas of Ethiopia. In this study, we explored the role played by different actors in promoting ANC, childbirth and early PNC services, and mainly designed to inform a community based Information, Education & Communication intervention in rural Ethiopia. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4546-7 DO - 10.1186/s12913-019-4546-7 ID - Mamo2019 ER -