Seven health workers' experience of promoting child health in Cambodia : A qualitative study

Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia, many people suffer from impaired health after all the years of war. The purpose of this study is to describe health workers' experience of promoting child health in Cambodia. The study was performed according to a qualitative approach and consists of interviews conducted with health workers who work in government, NGOs and the private clinic. Interviews and text material was analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The results show that at the state level are given opportunities to work health promotion in order to influence children's health and at the practical level turns out, however, limitations in the form of various health obstacles. The result can be used to discuss what can promote and restrict children's health. Health workers believe that it is important to invest in that all children should have the opportunity to go to school and that education leads to one of the fundamental rights, the best possible health.Program: Graduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing, Primary Health Car