Informing the scale-up of Kenya's nursing workforce: A mixed methods study of factors affecting pre-service training capacity and production

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Appiagyei, Ashley A ^a   Kiriinya, Rose N ^a   Gross, Jessica M ^a   Wambua, David N ^b   Oywer, Elizabeth O ^b   Kamenju, Andrew K ^a   Higgins, Melinda K ^c   Riley, Patricia L ^d   Rogers, Martha F ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nursing Council of Kenya   (Kenya)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Kenya; Nursing workforce; Scale up; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906834010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-47     Document Type: Review

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