As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Announcement: COVID-19 impact on peer review
Optimizing the contributions of the nursing and midwifery workforces
In recognition that 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are delighted to announce that a new thematic series on 'Research to support evidence-informed decisions on optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces' is now open for submissions. We are calling for submissions focusing on research and analysis that contributes to improved policy, planning and implementation related to nursing and midwifery, and that provides new evidence on the impact on health systems and outcomes. For more details please visit the series page.
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A scoping review on family medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: practice, positioning and impact in African health care systems
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Coordinating health workforce management in a devolved context: lessons from Kenya
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Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia
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Research to support evidence-informed decisions on optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces
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The importance of human resources management in health care: a global context
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Ten principles of good interdisciplinary team work
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Developing a tool to measure satisfaction among health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa
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Motivation and job satisfaction among medical and nursing staff in a Cyprus public general hospital
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Health worker motivation in Africa: the role of non-financial incentives and human resource management tools
Editor-in-Chief
James Buchan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Responding to the nurse and midwife demographic shift in Ghana
Ghana has successfully addressed the shortage of nurses and midwives, resulting in a drastic generational transition in age of this workforce. This commentary considers the consequences for the quality of nursing care, and the educational advancement needs. Read more...
Health Workforce Resilience Prize
HRH2030 has announced the HRH2030 Health Worker Resilience Prize which will consist of $50,000 in prize money to up to three winners from low-or-middle-income countries that have designed or developed a tool, method, or approach to improve or enhance health worker resiliency. (This prize is entirely independent of the journal and publisher.) More details can be found here.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Aims and scope
Human Resources for Health welcomes manuscripts on all aspects of the planning, education, management and governance of human resources for health – particularly those of international relevance and global reach.
Strengthening nursing and midwifery
A survey of 35 countries consider whether the Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2016–2020 being implemented.
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Activities of physician assistants and nurse practitioners
What are the tasks and responsibilities that are being shifted from Medical Doctors to physician assistants and nurse practitioners in Dutch hospitals? Read more...
Editor's profile
James Buchan, Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Buchan has specialized in health workforce policy and analysis throughout his career. His background includes periods as a senior Human Resources manager in the National Health Service in Scotland; senior policy analyst at the Royal College of Nursing, (RCN), UK; and as a specialist adviser to Health Workforce Australia, a federal government agency. More recently he has completed a contract as Senior Adviser- Human Resources for Health, WHO European Region.
He continues to work extensively as a policy researcher and consultant on HRH issues in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Prof. Buchan has academic appointments in Europe and as Adjunct Professor at University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Health Foundation, UK.
Optimizing gender equity in health workforce policy and planning
We are delighted to announce that a new thematic series on 'Research to support evidence-informed decisions on optimizing gender equity in health workforce policy and planning' is now open for submissions. We are calling for submissions focusing on research concerning the monitoring, evaluation and accountability of human resources for health policy options through a gender equity lens.
For more details and published articles please visit the series page here. The series will close to new submissions on 30 April 2020.
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