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.
Optimizing the contributions of the nursing and midwifery workforces
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‘Everything was just getting worse and worse’: deteriorating job quality as a driver of doctor emigration from Ireland
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Employment preferences of obstetricians and gynecologists to work in the district hospitals: evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Nepal
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Nurse prescribing of medicines in 13 European countries
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Career mobility of maternal care providers in Mali: a mixed method study on midwives and obstetric nurses
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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
Doctor migration from Ireland to Australia
Humphries and colleagues draw on Australian immigration, registration and census data to highlight doctor migration flows from Ireland to Australia, 2008–2018. Read more…
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.
Editor-in-Chief
James Buchan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Paramedics, poetry, and film
What do arts-based methods offer us as we seek to better understand and engage with complex social issues that have a direct impact on the health system? 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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