Recruitment and Retention of Mental Health Workers in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Jack, Helen ^a   Canavan, Maureen ^a   Ofori Atta, Angela ^b   Taylor, Lauren ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; TEAMWORK; VALIDITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CAREER MOBILITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; GHANA; HEALTH MANPOWER; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84874562639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057940     Document Type: Article

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