The challenges of developing an instrument to assess health provider motivation at primary care level in rural Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Tanzania

• Main Authors: Helen Prytherch (Author), Melkidezek T. Leshabari (Author), Christiane Wiskow (Author), Gifty A. Aninanya (Author), Deodatus C.V. Kakoko (Author), Moubassira Kagon&#x00E9 (Author), Juliane Burghardt (Author), Gisela Kynast-Wolf (Author), Michael Marx (Author), Rainer Sauerborn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The quality of health care depends on the competence and motivation of the health workers that provide it. In the West, several tools exist to measure worker motivation, and some have been applied to the health sector. However, none have been validated for use in sub-Saharan Africa. The...