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Images, Motives, and Challenges for Western Health Workers in Humanitarian Aid

Bjerneld, Magdalena (författare)
Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,International Maternal and Reproductive Health
Lindmark, Gunilla, Professor (preses)
Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa
Maina Ahlberg, Beth, Professor (preses)
Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa
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Dahlgren, Lars, Professor (opponent)
Epidemiology and Public Health Science, Umeå University
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ISBN 9789155475093
Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2009
Engelska 65 s.
Serie: Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, 1651-6206 ; 453
  • Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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  • This thesis presents how humanitarian aid workers were attracted, motivated, recruited, and prepared for fieldwork, and how they reported their work experience directly from the field and when they returned home. Data were derived from interviews with experienced aid workers, focus group discussions with presumptive aid workers, analysis of letters from aid workers in the field on MSFs homepages in Europe, and from interviews with recruitment officers at some of the main humanitarian organisations. Health professionals were attracted by the positive images of humanitarian action. They wished to work in teams with like-minded people, and to make a difference in the world. However, this image was not supported by the recruitment officers, or experienced aid workers, who described a complex reality in humanitarian action. The experienced aid workers instead had realised they learned more than they contributed. The recruitment system for relief workers would benefit from a more holistic approach, where personalities of the aid workers are more in focus. More time must be spent with the applicants, both recruited and returning aid workers, in order to improve the system. A socialisation approach could help identify the right personnel and to motivate current personnel to continue.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

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humanitarian action
human resource management
relief workers
aid workers
volunteers
images
motives
qualitative research
Public health medicine research areas
Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden
Medicin
Medicine

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