Maternal and newborn healthcare providers in rural Tanzania: In-depth interviews exploring influences on motivation, performance and job satisfaction

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Prytherch, H ^a   Kakoko, D C V ^b   Leshabari, M T ^b   Sauerborn, R ^a   Marx, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health personnel; Job satisfaction; Maternal child health services; Motivation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TANZANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871703810     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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