Implementation challenges of free maternity services policy in kenya: The health workers’ perspective

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wamalwa, Emmanuel Wekesa ^a  

^a KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Free maternity services policy; Implementation challenges; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EMPLOYMENT; FUNDING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF; WORKLOAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84956863305     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.22.375.6708     Document Type: Article

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