Culture, status and context in community health worker pay: Pitfalls and opportunities for policy research. A commentary on Glenton et al. (2010)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1375-1378

  Maes, Kenneth C ^a   Kohrt, Brandon A ^a,b   Closser, Svea ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL VALUE; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; NOTE; RELIGION; SALARY; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CLASS; VOLUNTEER;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL CLASS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 77956652361     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.020     Document Type: Note

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