Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: Investigating nurses views on rural posts and policy interventions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Mullei, Kethi ^a   Mudhune, Sandra ^b   Wafula, Jackline ^b   Masamo, Eunice ^c   English, Michael ^b,d   Goodman, Catherine ^b,e   Lagarde, Mylene ^e   Blaauw, Duane ^f  

^a SONATEL Lot R73   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c District Health Management Team   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NURSES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77954345386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-S1-S1     Document Type: Article

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