Approaches to improving the contribution of the nursing and midwifery workforce to increasing universal access to primary health care for vulnerable populations: A systematic review

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dawson, A J ^a   Nkowane, A M ^b   Whelan, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Midwifery; Nursing; Primary health care; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84950105116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0096-1     Document Type: Article

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