Health Worker Attitudes toward Rural Service in Liberia : Results from Qualitative Research

In Liberia, the maldistribution of health workers is particularly pronounced as 14 years of civil war exacerbated the concentration of experienced health workers in urban areas. The government has identified this challenge as a priority area for po...

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Main Authors:	Attah, Ramlatu, Lievens, Tomas, Vujicic, Marko, Brown-Annan, Julie
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY BABIES BASIC NEEDS BEDS BIKES BUS BUSES CERTIFIED MIDWIFE CIVIL WAR CLINICS COMPLICATIONS COST OF TRAVEL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DOCTOR DOCTORS DRIVERS DRUGS EMERGENCIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER GENDER VALUE GENDER VALUES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLAN HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIGH TRANSPORT HIV HIV INFECTION HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INHIBITION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERVENTION IRON JOB SECURITY LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MALARIA MATERIAL RESOURCES MEANS OF TRANSPORT MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIFERY MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK MOTOR CYCLES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PATIENT PATIENTS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY PREGNANT WOMEN QUALITATIVE APPROACH QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REFERRAL SYSTEM RESPECT ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROADS ROUTE RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED PERSONNEL SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE SPOUSE SUBSISTENCE FARMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CONDITIONS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL DISTANCES URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VACCINES VEHICLE VULNERABILITY WALKING WALKING DISTANCE WORK FORCE WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13150421/health-worker-attitudes-toward-rural-service-liberia-results-qualitative-research http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13598

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13150421/health-worker-attitudes-toward-rural-service-liberia-results-qualitative-research
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13598

Health Worker Attitudes toward Rural Service in Liberia : Results from Qualitative Research

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