Exploring the perceptions and experiences of community health workers using role identity theory

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mlotshwa, Langelihle ^a   Harris, Bronwyn ^b   Schneider, Helen ^c   Moshabela, Mosa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Home based care; Role identity theory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TENSION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH; INTERVIEW; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84948807322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28045     Document Type: Article

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