A network study exploring factors that promote or Erode interaction among diverse community health workers in rural Ethiopia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1093-1104

  Dynes, Michelle M ^a   Hadley, Craig ^b   Stephenson, Rob ^c   Sibley, Lynn M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Ethiopia; health services; maternal health; motivations; social networks; teamwork; trust; workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOPERATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84947063390     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu113     Document Type: Article

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