Crises and resilience at the frontline-public health facility managers under devolution in a sub-county on the kenyan coast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Nyikuri, Mary ^a   Tsofa, Benjamin ^a   Barasa, Edwine ^a,b   Okoth, Philip ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Health Systems and Research Ethics ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRAWING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MANAGER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMUNERATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIST; SKILL; UNCERTAINTY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; MALE; MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL;

EID: 84956889976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144768     Document Type: Article

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