Information and its value to health workers in rural Uganda: a qualitative perspective

• Published in: Health libraries review Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 194 - 202
• Main Author: Musoke, M G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.12.2000
• Subjects: Education, Continuing; Health administration; Health care; Health Personnel - education; Health professionals; Humans; Information Services; Information work; Interviews as Topic; Needs Assessment; Rural areas; Rural Health Services - manpower; Rural Health Services - organization & administration; Uganda; Uganda

A study was conducted in 1998/99 to investigate the accessibility and use of information by health workers in rural Uganda. Data were collected qualitatively using semi-structured interviews. As a qualitative study, it focused in-depth on a relatively small sample of health workers selected purposef...