Perceptions of working conditions amongst health workers in state-owned facilities in northeastern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-249

  Chirdan, Oluwabunmi O ^a   Akosu, Joeseph T ^a   Ejembi, Clara L ^b   Bassi, Amos P ^c   Zoakah, Ayuba I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health worker; Job satisfaction; Northeastern Nigeria; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77249154054     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.59579     Document Type: Article

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