Balancing the cost of leaving with the cost of living: Drivers of long-term retention of health workers: An explorative study in three rural districts in Eastern Uganda

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Kiwanuka, Suzanne Namusoke ^a   Akulume, Martha ^a   Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza ^a   Bua, John ^a   Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Implementation science; Retention; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COST OF LIVING; DECENTRALIZATION; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT; JOB SECURITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARKET; PENSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMUNERATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; WORKLOAD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85028910937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1345494     Document Type: Article

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