Actor interfaces and practices of power in a community health worker programme: A South African study of unintended policy outcomes

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-366

  Lehmann, Uta ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actor interfaces; Implementation; power practices; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACTOR INTERFACES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY; POWER PRACTICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACTOR INTERFACES; IMPLEMENTATION; POWER PRACTICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880392580     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs066     Document Type: Article

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