District health managers' perceptions of supervision in Malawi and Tanzania

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bradley, Susan ^a   Kamwendo, Francis ^b   Masanja, Honorati ^c   de Pinho, Helen ^d   Waxman, Rachel ^d   Boostrom, Camille ^a   McAuliffe, Eilish ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

District health management; Malawi; Measuring performance; Mid level cadres; Supervision; Supervision paradigm; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALAWI; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALAWI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84883449702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-43     Document Type: Article

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