‘It’s in our veins’: caring natures and material motivations of community health workers in contexts of economic marginalisation

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-152

  Swartz, Alison ^a   Colvin, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

care; community health worker; ethnography; motivation; South Africa; ubuntu

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRISTIANITY; COUNSELING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84927152974     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.941281     Document Type: Article

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