Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers - the case of Wukro district, Tigray, Ethiopia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Haile, Fisaha ^a   Yemane, Dejen ^a   Gebreslassie, Azeb ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Motivation; Non financial incentives; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907278538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-54     Document Type: Article

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