Motivation and incentives of rural maternal and neonatal health care providers: A comparison of qualitative findings from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Prytherch, Helen ^a   Kagoné, Moubassira ^b   Aninanya, Gifty A ^c   Williams, John E ^c   Kakoko, Deodatus Cv ^d   Leshabari, Melkidezek T ^d   Yé, Maurice ^b   Marx, Michael ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Nouna Health Research Centre (CRSN)   (Burkina Faso)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health personnel; Incentives; Maternal Child health services; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876987836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-149     Document Type: Article

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