A participatory action research approach to strengthening health managers' capacity at district level in Eastern Uganda

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Coe, Anna Britt ^b   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^b   Bennett, Sara ^c   Kiwanuka, Suzanne N ^a   George, Asha ^c,d   Kiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competing values framework; District health managers; Health systems; Participatory action research; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MANAGER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TENSION; UGANDA; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 85039731976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-017-0273-x     Document Type: Article

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