What adaptation to research is needed following crises: A comparative, qualitative study of the health workforce in Sierra Leone and Nepal

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Raven, Joanna ^a   Baral, Sushil ^b   Wurie, Haja ^c   Witter, Sophie ^d   Samai, Mohamed ^c   Paudel, Pravin ^b   Subedi, Hom Nath ^b   Martineau, Tim ^a   Elsey, Helen ^e   Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Fragility; Health workers; Nepal; Resilience; Sierra Leone; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EARTHQUAKE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEPAL; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; RETURN TO WORK; SIERRA LEONE; STIGMA; TRUST; DISASTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIERRA LEONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 85041854675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-018-0285-1     Document Type: Article

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