Factors shaping interactions among community health workers in rural Ethiopia: Rethinking workplace trust and teamwork

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages

  Dynes, Michelle M ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b   Hadley, Craig ^c   Sibley, Lynn M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Ethiopia; Health services; Maternal health; Motivations; Teamwork; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EXTENSION WORKER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TEAMWORK; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRUST; WORKPLACE; AGED; COOPERATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894043925     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12135     Document Type: Article

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