Developing a nursing database system in Kenya

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1389-1405

  Riley, Patricia L ^a,c   Vindigni, Stephen M ^b   Arudo, John ^d   Waudo, Agnes N ^c   Kamenju, Andrew ^e   Ngoya, Japheth ^f   Oywer, Elizabeth O ^g   Rakuom, Chris P ^h   Salmon, Marla E ^c   Kelley, Maureen ^c   Rogers, Martha ^c   St Louis, Michael E ^a   Marum, Lawrence H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e Avid Information Technology Consultants   (Kenya)

^f Computer Action Networks ^*  (Kenya)

^g Nursing Council of Kenya   (Kenya)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Database; HIV AIDS; HRH; Kenya; Nurse; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MIGRATION; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KENYA; NURSES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247842835     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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