Policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Uganda: A case study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dambisya, Yoswa M ^a   Matinhure, Sheillah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b Human Resources and Capacity Building Programme   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 84857989936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-61     Document Type: Article

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