Explaining retention of healthcare workers in Tanzania: Moving on, coming to 'look, see and go', or stay?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shemdoe, Aloisia ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^a   Dillip, Angel ^a   Bradley, Susan ^b   William, JeJe ^c   Wason, Deborah ^d   Hildon, Zoe Jane Lara ^e,f  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Policy Management   (Tanzania)

^d NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long and short term retention; Managers; Mid level cadres; Multiple and qualitative methods; Staff shortages; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANAGER; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REWARD; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; TANZANIA; WORKPLACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84954350147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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