Increasing skilled birth attendance through midwifery workforce management

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosskam, Ellen ^a,b,c,d   Pariyo, George ^e   Hounton, Sennen ^f   Aiga, Hirotsugu ^e  

^a WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Social Epidemiology   (United States)

^c GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNFPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwifery; Motivation; Recruitment; Retention; Skilled birth attendance

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH WORKER; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLICY MAKING;

BANGLADESH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SRI LANKA; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SRI LANKA;

BANGKOK; BANGLADESH; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; NIGERIA; SRI LANKA; THAILAND;

EID: 84874555458     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2131     Document Type: Review

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