Health worker experiences of and movement between public and private not-for-profit sectors-findings from post-conflict Northern Uganda

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Namakula, Justine ^a   Witter, Sophie ^b   Ssengooba, Freddie ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction; Health workers; Post conflict; Private not for profit; Public sector; Retention; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UGANDA; WAR;

ARMED CONFLICTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UGANDA;

EID: 84965050003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0114-y     Document Type: Article

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