Listening to the rural health workers in Papua New Guinea - The social factors that influence their motivation to work

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 828-835

  Razee, Husna ^a   Whittaker, Maxine ^b   Jayasuriya, Rohan ^a   Yap, Lorraine ^a   Brentnall, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health worker performance; Papua New Guinea; Rural health worker; Social factors; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84862772769     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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