Becoming and remaining community health workers: Perspectives from Ethiopia and Mozambique

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Maes, Kenneth ^a   Kalofonos, Ippolytos ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Care relationships; Community health workers; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Motivations; Mozambique; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPENSATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MOZAMBIQUE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTEER;

CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ETHIOPIA; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84877044625     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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