‘Trust and teamwork matter’: Community health workers' experiences in integrated service delivery in India

Global Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 960-974

  Mishra, Arima ^a  

^a AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

community health workers; India; integration; teamwork; trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD WORK; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TRUST; WORK EXPERIENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

DRUG;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRUST;

EID: 84926224066     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.934877     Document Type: Article

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