A national study on nurses' retention in healthcare facilities in underserved areas in Lebanon

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a   Alameddine, Mohamad ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^b   Dumit, Nuhad Y ^a   McEwen, Mary K ^c   Jaafar, Maha ^a   Murray, Susan F ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Section of Health Planning and Systems Development   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Human resources for health; Lebanon; Nurses; Primary health care; Retention; Rural; Underserved areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84884682272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-49     Document Type: Article

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