Factors that influence midwifery students in Ghana when deciding where to practice: A discrete choice experiment

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ageyi Baffour, Peter ^a   Rominski, Sarah ^b   Nakua, Emmanuel ^a   Gyakobo, Mawuli ^c   Lori, Jody R ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDWIFE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDWIFERY; MOTIVATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876971603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-64     Document Type: Article

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