Experiences of using a participatory action research approach to strengthen district local capacity in Eastern Uganda

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Coe, Anna Britt ^b   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^b   Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Kiwanuka, Suzanne N ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Districts; Implementation science; Local capacity; Participatory action research; Stakeholders experiences

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; PUBLIC FIGURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; STRESS; UGANDA; UNCERTAINTY; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA;

EID: 85028941424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1346038     Document Type: Article

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