The gendered health workforce: Mixed methods analysis from four fragile and post-conflict contexts

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages v52-v62

  Witter, Sophie ^a   Namakula, Justine ^b   Wurie, Haja ^c   Chirwa, Yotamu ^d   So, Sovanarith ^e   Vong, Sreytouch ^f   Ros, Bandeth ^f   Buzuzi, Stephen ^d   Theobald, Sally ^g  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^e ReBUILD and Cambodian Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

^f Cambodian Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Health workers; Post conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; RESPONSIBILITY; SIERRA LEONE; STAFF; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORKFORCE; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARMED CONFLICTS; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85049637210     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx102     Document Type: Article

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