Strategies and challenges in the provision of health services in context of health service providers' shortage in Tanzania: a qualitative study
| dc.contributor.author | Semali, Innocent A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-21T10:57:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-21T10:57:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to assess perceptions on the shortage of health service providers, strategies of coping with shortage of health service providers and implications of the strategies of used in coping with shortage of health service providers.Semi-structured interviews were held with the regional and district AIDS Coordinators, Medical Officers, Health Secretaries, as well as in-charges of health facilities in five regions of Tanzania. Data analysis followed principles of open coding.The shortage of healthservice providers was described to be a huge problem. Service providers are compelled to ask the patients to wait for some hours, make priorities of the day and thus allocating health workers to the neediest areas and to the critical health conditions, providing services as quick as possible. However, it was reported that specializing in some units is likely to magnify the problem of health service providers‟ shortage. Recommendations to improve the situation of health service providers included continuingemploying health workersand making sure that employment is based on kinds of available in the job market.Shortage of health service providers results into a heavy burden among service providers and affect the quality of health services | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kakoko, D.C., Simba, D.O., Semali, I.A. and Ezekiel, M.J., 2013. Strategies and challenges in the provision of health services in context of health service providers’ shortage in Tanzania: a qualitative study. Int J Innov Healthc Res, 1, pp.6-14. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://seahipaj.org/journals-ci/dec-2013/IJIHCR/full/IJIHCR-D-2-2013.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/570 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Int J Innov Healthc Res | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health service providers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Human resources | en_US |
| dc.title | Strategies and challenges in the provision of health services in context of health service providers' shortage in Tanzania: a qualitative study | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |