Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Conflicting priorities: evaluation of an intervention to improve nurse-parent relationships on a Tanzanian paediatric ward | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Conflicting priorities evaluation of an intervention to improve nurse-parent relationships on a Tanzanian paediatric ward Rachel N Manongi1 Fortunata R Nasuwa2 Rose Mwangi2 Hugh Reyburn2 3 Anja Poulsen2 4 and Clare IR Chandler 3 Open Access Address Community Health Department Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi Tanzania 2Joint Malaria Programme Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi Tanzania 3Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine London UK and 4Department of International Health University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark Email Rachel N Manongi - rmanongi@ Fortunata R Nasuwa - mankaray@ Rose Mwangi - mwangirose2000@ Hugh Reyburn - Anja Poulsen - anja@ Clare IR Chandler - Corresponding author Published 23 June 2009 Received 10 June 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 50 doi 1478-4491-7-50 Accepted 23 June 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 50 2009 Manongi et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Patient or parent guardian satisfaction with health care provision is important to health outcomes. Poor relationships with health workers particularly with nursing staff have been reported to reduce satisfaction with care in Africa. Participatory research approaches such as the Health Workers for Change initiative have been successful in improving provider-client relationships in various developing country settings but have not yet been reported in the complex environment of hospital wards. We evaluated the HWC approach for improving the