Using a human resource management approach to support community health workers: Experiences from five African countries

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Raven, Joanna ^a   Akweongo, Patricia ^b   Baba, Amuda ^c   Baine, Sebastian Olikira ^d   Sall, Mohamadou Guelaye ^e   Buzuzi, Stephen ^f   Martineau, Tim ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c Institut Panafricain de Sante Communautaire   (Congo)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Close to community; Community health workers; DRC; Ghana; Human resource management; Senegal; Uganda; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84940469377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0034-2     Document Type: Article

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