Motivation and sustainability of care facilitators engaged in a community home-based HIV/AIDS program in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 895-902

  Osawa, Eri ^a   Kodama, Tomoko ^b   Kundishora, Emma ^c  

^a Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Zimbabwe Red Cross Society   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

care facilitator; community based care; HIV AIDS; motivation; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION; URBAN AREA; WORK EXPERIENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77954713317     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903499196     Document Type: Article

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