On-the-job vocational training of nonprofessional ethnic health workers of a primary health care team improves their sense of coherence
A Primary Care Model Programme had been implemented in Hungary between 2013 and 2017 in which group practices were established that employed —among others—nonprofessional health workers (health mediators, simil... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 7, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Cintia Katona, Éva Bíró, Szilvia Vincze and Karolina Kósa Tags: Research Source Type: research
“At the mercy of some of the regulations”: the impact of the residency match and return of service requirement on the early-career decisions of international medical graduates in Canada
Return-of-service (ROS) agreements require international medical graduates (IMGs) who accept medical residency positions in Canada to practice in specified geographic areas following completion of training. Ho... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 4, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Maria Mathews, Dana Ryan, Ellen Randall, Emily Gard Marshall, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Lori Jones, M. Ruth Lavergne, David Snadden, Ian Scott, Sabrina T. Wong, Katherine Stringer, Kathleen Horrey and Agnes Grudniewicz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Building global capacity for COVID-19 vaccination through interactive virtual learning
To support the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization and its partners developed an interactive virtual learning initiative through which vaccination stakeholders could receive the... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 4, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Shoshanna Goldin, Nancy Hood, Alexandre Pascutto, Celine Bennett, Ana Carolina Barbosa de Lima, Nicole Devereaux, Aleksandra Caric, Karan Rai, Shalini Desai, Ann Lindstrand and Bruce Struminger Tags: Research Source Type: research
Transdisciplinarity of India ’s master’s level public health programmes: evidence from admission criteria of the programmes offered since 1995
In the Indian subcontinent, Master ’s-level Public Health (MlPH) programmes attract graduates of diverse academic disciplines from health and non-health sciences alike. Considering the current and futuristic im... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 2, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Kumaravel Ilangovan, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Keerthiga Govindarajan, Vignesh Vairamani, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy and Manickam Ponnaiah Tags: Research Source Type: research
Online faculty development in low- and middle-income countries for health professions educators: a rapid realist review
Health professions educators require support to develop teaching and learning, research, educational leadership, and administrative skills to strengthen their higher education role through faculty development ... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 29, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Lianne Keiller, Champion Nyoni and Chantel van Wyk Tags: Research Source Type: research
Informal payments for modern family planning methods at public facilities in Tanzania: room for improvement
Financial access to family planning (FP) is essential to the health and well-being of women in Tanzania. Tanzanian policy dictates that FP methods and services obtained at public facilities are provided for fr... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 29, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Clara E. Busse, Dickens Onyango and Katherine Tumlinson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Applying WHO COVID-19 workforce estimate tools remotely in an African context: a case report from Mali and Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden on health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where health systems already struggle. To meet health workforce planning needs during the pan... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Pamela A. McQuide, Amy Finnegan, Katherine M. Terry, Andrew Brown, Cheick Oumar Toure, Jeanne Tessougue, Ibrahim Cisse, Mathew Kariuki Thuku, Janet Muriuki, Mary Ochola, Julius Ogato, Etienne Coulibaly and Toure Djeneba Togora Tags: Case study Source Type: research
How to make the best use of the workload indicators of staffing needs method in determining the proportion of time spent in each of the workload components and its implication in decision making: the experience of the Sultanate of Oman
The Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman decided to have better distribution of the health workforce among all health facilities through evidenced-based staffing norms. Four directorates worked together... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Nazar Mohamed and Nahida Al-Lawati Tags: Research Source Type: research
Global experiences in health workforce policy, planning and management using the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method, and way forward
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Source: Human Resources for Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Teena Kunjumen, Mollent Okech, Khassoum Diallo, Pamela Mcquide, Tomas Zapata and James Campbell Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Perceived risk and distress related to COVID-19 in healthcare versus non-healthcare workers of Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Healthcare workers (HCWs) have found themselves and their families more susceptible to contracting COVID-19. This puts them at a higher risk of psychological distress, which may compromise patient care. In thi... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 22, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Adeel Abid, Hania Shahzad, Hyder Ali Khan, Suneel Piryani, Areeba Raza Khan and Fauziah Rabbani Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effectiveness of community health workers on identification and mobilization of persons living with epilepsy in rural Rwanda using a validated screening tool
Engagement and training of community health workers (CHWs) have demonstrated their value in different conditions. Despite repeat epilepsy trainings of CHWs in Northern Rwanda, the treatment gap remained high. ... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 21, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Fidele Sebera, Peter Dedeken, Jeannine Kayirangwa, Josiane Umwiringirwa, Delphine Kajeneza, Nicole Alves dos Reis, Tim Leers, Dirk E. Teuwen and Paul A. J. M. Boon Tags: Research Source Type: research
Medical students from German-speaking countries on abroad electives in Africa: destinations, motivations, trends and ethical dilemmas
International medical electives are one the highlights of medical training. Literature about international electives is scarce, and understanding what made a student choose one destination over another is uncl... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 17, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Maximilian Andreas Storz, Ann-Kathrin Lederer and Eric Pieter Heymann Tags: Research Source Type: research
Conceptualizing and implementing a health workforce registry in Nigeria
Nigeria ’s health sector aims to ensure that the right number of health workers that are qualified, skilled, and distributed equitably, are available for quality health service provision at all levels. Achievin... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 15, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Sunny C. Okoroafor, Agbonkhese I. Oaiya, David Oviaesu, Adam Ahmat, Martin Osubor and Jennifer Nyoni Tags: Case study Source Type: research
Accreditation and professional integration experiences of internationally qualified dentists working in the United Kingdom
Regulatory processes for Oral health care professionals are considered essential for patient safety and to ensure health workforce quality. The global variation in their registration and regulation is under-r... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 10, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Latha S. Davda, David R. Radford, Sasha Scambler and Jennifer E. Gallagher Tags: Research Source Type: research
Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries
The strength of a health system —and ultimately the health of a population—depends to a large degree on health worker performance. However, insufficient support to build, manage and optimize human resources for... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - January 6, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Rachel Deussom, Doris Mwarey, Mekdelawit Bayu, Sarah S. Abdullah and Rachel Marcus Tags: Review Source Type: research
