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  1. The 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa placed greater demands on the affected countries’ already scarce health workforce. Consequently, governments in the most affected West African countries made appeals...

    Authors: Lonzozou Kpanake, Togba Dounamou, Paul Clay Sorum and Etienne Mullet

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:81

    Content type: Research

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  2. There are staff shortages nation-wide in residential aged care, which is only predicted to grow as the population ages in Australia. The aged care staff shortage is compounded in rural and remote areas where t...

    Authors: Kaye Ervin, Carol Reid, Anna Moran, Cynthia Opie and Helen Haines

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:80

    Content type: Research

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  3. The control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) is dependent on mass administration of medicines (MAM) in communities and schools by community drug distributers (CDDs) who are supported and s...

    Authors: Akinola Oluwole, Laura Dean, Luret Lar, Kabiru Salami, Okefu Okoko, Sunday Isiyaku, Ruth Dixon, Elizabeth Elhassan, Elena Schmidt, Rachael Thomson, Sally Theobald and Kim Ozano

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:79

    Content type: Research

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  4. The physician assistant (PA) and the nurse practitioner (NP) were introduced into The Netherlands in 2001 and 1997 respectively. By the second decade, national policies had accelerated the acceptance and devel...

    Authors: G. T. W. J. van den Brink, A. J. Kouwen, R. S. Hooker, H. Vermeulen and M. G. H. Laurant

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:78

    Content type: Research

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  5. Healthcare reform in China has attracted worldwide interest and reached a new juncture. In an attempt to improve healthcare quality and patient satisfaction, the government of Beijing introduced comprehensive ...

    Authors: Jianwei Deng, Yangyang Sun, Run Lei, Yilun Guo, Jian Liu and Tianan Yang

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:77

    Content type: Research

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  6. Based in part on the success of India’s early community health worker (CHW) programs, the Government of India launched in 1977 a national CHW scheme—the Village Health Guides (VHGs)—to provide preventive, prom...

    Authors: Rachel J. Strodel and Henry B. Perry

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:76

    Content type: Case study

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  7. Choosing who should be recruited as a community health worker (CHW) is an important task, for their future performance partly depends on their ability to learn the required knowledge and skills, and their persona...

    Authors: Celia Brown, Richard Lilford, Frances Griffiths, Prince Oppong-Darko, Myness Ndambo, Marion Okoh-Owusu and Emily Wroe

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:75

    Content type: Case study

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  8. The Indian National Program for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Cancer and Stroke (NPCDCS) was introduced to provide non-communicable disease (NCD) care through primary healthcare teams including Accredited ...

    Authors: Marwa Abdel-All, Seye Abimbola, D. Praveen and Rohina Joshi

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:73

    Content type: Research

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  9. The feminisation of the global health workforce presents a unique challenge for human resource policy and health sector reform which requires an explicit gender focus. Relatively little is known about changes ...

    Authors: Geordan Shannon, Nicole Minckas, Des Tan, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Neha Batura and Jenevieve Mannell

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:72

    Content type: Research

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  10. Worldwide, physicians are migrating to new countries and want to practise their profession. However, they may experience difficulties doing so. To optimise and accelerate their entrance into and advancement wi...

    Authors: Linda Sturesson, Magnus Öhlander, Gunnar H. Nilsson, Per J. Palmgren and Terese Stenfors

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:71

    Content type: Research

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  11. Against the backdrop of integrating public health services and clinical services at primary healthcare (PHC) institutions, primary healthcare providers (PCPs) have taken on expanded roles. This posed a potenti...

    Authors: Yinzi Jin, Haipeng Wang, Dan Wang and Beibei Yuan

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:70

    Content type: Research

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  12. Lean thinking is one of several operations-management techniques which have yet to be fully embraced in the South African health care sector. In most health care managers’ service delivery mandates, what needs to...

    Authors: Logandran Naidoo and Ziska Fields

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:69

    Content type: Research

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  13. In 2006, the Government of India launched the accredited social health activist (ASHA) program, with the goal to connect marginalized communities to the health care system. We assessed the effect of the ASHA p...

    Authors: Smisha Agarwal, Sian L. Curtis, Gustavo Angeles, Ilene S. Speizer, Kavita Singh and James C. Thomas

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:68

    Content type: Research

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  14. Family medicine (FM) residents choose among a range of options as they enter practice, including practice model, clinical domains, settings, and populations. The choices they make have implications for primary...

    Authors: Miriam Ruth Lavergne, Andrea Gonzalez, Megan Alyssa Ahuja, Lindsay Hedden and Rita McCracken

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:67

    Content type: Research

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  15. This study contributes to a small but growing body of literature on how context influences employee turnover intention. We examine the impact of staff perceptions of supervisory leadership support for safety, ...

    Authors: Shahram Zaheer, Liane Ginsburg, Hannah J. Wong, Kelly Thomson, Lorna Bain and Zaev Wulffhart

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:66

    Content type: Research

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  16. The aim of the hermeneutic review was to identify and clarify the mechanisms by which the Diabetes Specialist Nursing workforce affect the outcomes of diabetes patients, with a focus on those in the United Kin...

    Authors: Jessica Lawler, Paul Trevatt, Clare Elliot and Alison Leary

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:65

    Content type: Review

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  17. Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic factors firmly rooted in past and current injustice. South Africa remains one of the mos...

    Authors: Leanne Brady, Shaheem De Vries, Rushaana Gallow, Asha George, Lucy Gilson, Moira Louw, Abdul Waheem Martin, Khalid Shamis and Toni Stuart

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:64

    Content type: Commentary

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  18. The state of the Guinean health workforce is one of the country’s bottlenecks in advancing health outcomes. The impact of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak and resulting international attention has pr...

    Authors: Remco van de Pas, Delphin Kolie, Alexandre Delamou and Wim Van Damme

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:63

    Content type: Research

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  19. Compulsory 3-year public service was implemented in 1967 as a measure to tackle the maldistribution of doctors in Thailand. Currently, therefore, most medical graduates work in rural community hospitals for th...

    Authors: Dumrongrat Lertrattananon, Wirun Limsawart, Alan Dellow and Helen Pugsley

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:62

    Content type: Research

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  21. The global shortage of surgeons disproportionately impacts low- and middle-income countries. To mitigate this, Zambia introduced a ‘task-shifting’ solution and started to train non-physician clinicians (NPCs) ...

    Authors: Jakub Gajewski, Mweene Cheelo, Leon Bijlmakers, John Kachimba, Chiara Pittalis and Ruairi Brugha

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:60

    Content type: Research

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  22. The recent publication of the WHO guideline on support to optimise community health worker (CHW) programmes illustrates the renewed attention for the need to strengthen the performance of CHWs. Performance par...

    Authors: Hermen Ormel, Maryse Kok, Sumit Kane, Rukhsana Ahmed, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Daniel Gemechu, Lilian Otiso, Mohsin Sidat, Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer and Korrie de Koning

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:59

    Content type: Research

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  23. The short-term course of burnout in healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries has undergone limited evaluation. The aim of this study was to assess the short-term outcome of burnout symptoms in th...

    Authors: Medhin Selamu, Charlotte Hanlon, Girmay Medhin, Graham Thornicroft and Abebaw Fekadu

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:58

    Content type: Research

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  24. Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk for mortality in the world. Task redistribution has been shown to be efficacious for hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries. However, the workfo...

    Authors: Rajesh Vedanthan, Danielle J. Lee, Jemima H. Kamano, Omarys I. Herasme, Peninah Kiptoo, Deborah Tulienge, Sylvester Kimaiyo, Hari Balasubramanian and Valentin Fuster

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:57

    Content type: Research

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  25. At present, over 215 million people live outside their countries of birth, many of which are referred to as diaspora—those that live in host countries but maintain strong sentimental and material links with th...

    Authors: Seble Frehywot, Chulwoo Park and Alexandra Infanzon

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:56

    Content type: Research

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  26. The World Health Organization’s global strategy on human resources for health includes an objective to align investment in human resources for health with the current and future needs of the population. Althou...

    Authors: Susan Ahern, Noel Woods, Olivier Kalmus, Stephen Birch and Stefan Listl

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:55

    Content type: Research

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  27. Nurses and midwives are the largest component of the health workforce in many countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) together with its partners facilitates the joint development of strategic policy gui...

    Authors: Onyema Ajuebor, Carey McCarthy, Yin Li, Sumaya Mohamed Al-Blooshi, Nonhlanhla Makhanya and Giorgio Cometto

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:54

    Content type: Research

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  28. Medical tourism, which involves cross-border travel to access private, non-emergency medical interventions, is growing in many Latin American Caribbean countries. The commodification and export of private heal...

    Authors: Valorie A. Crooks, Ronald Labonté, Alejandro Ceron, Rory Johnston, Jeremy Snyder and Marcie Snyder

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:53

    Content type: Research

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  29. Gender equity remains a challenge across various labor markets with the health market being no exception. Despite the increased influx of women into health professions, horizontal and vertical occupational gen...

    Authors: Nour El Arnaout, Rana F. Chehab, Bayan Rafii and Mohamad Alameddine

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:52

    Content type: Review

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  32. Early retirement (before age 65) is the norm among registered nurses (RNs) and allied health professionals (AHPs) employed in Canada’s public system. As a country whose population is rapidly aging, it is in Ca...

    Authors: Sarah Hewko, Trish Reay, Carole A. Estabrooks and Greta G. Cummings

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:49

    Content type: Research

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  33. In 2006, the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed the Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA) in relation to nursing services in the region. This agreement was part of a set of ...

    Authors: Noriko Fujita, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, Kyoko Koto-Shimada, Megumi Ikarashi, Indrajit Hazarika and Anthony B. Zwi

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:48

    Content type: Research

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  34. The critical role pharmacists play in the healthcare system necessitates close monitoring of their supply, distribution, and competencies. This is especially relevant considering the global increase in the dem...

    Authors: Mohamad Alameddine, Karen Bou Karroum and Mohamad Ali Hijazi

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:47

    Content type: Research

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  36. The lack of appropriate policies and procedures to ensure transparent transfer practices is an important source of dissatisfaction among health workers in low- and middle-income countries. In order to alter an...

    Authors: A. C. S. Heerdegen, M. Bonenberger, M. Aikins, P. Schandorf, P. Akweongo and K. Wyss

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:45

    Content type: Research

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  37. Australian Aboriginal people have higher rates of unemployment and poorer health than non-Aboriginal Australians. Historical segregation policies that spanned 60 years negatively impacted workforce inclusion. ...

    Authors: C. A. Opie, B. Gibson-Thorpe, C. Lees and H. M. Haines

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:44

    Content type: Research

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  38. In order to analyse the institutional capacity for health workforce policy development and implementation in countries in the South-East Asia region, the WHO facilitated a cross-sectional analysis of functions...

    Authors: Giorgio Cometto, Esther Nartey, Tomas Zapata, Mikiko Kanda, Yunus Md, Kavita Narayan, Kirana Pritasari, Aishath Irufa, Ramkrishna Lamichhane, Dileep De Silva and Thinakorn Noree

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:43

    Content type: Case study

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  39. As population health needs become more complex, addressing those needs increasingly requires the knowledge, skills, and judgment of multiple types of human resources for health (HRH) working interdependently. ...

    Authors: Adrian MacKenzie, Gail Tomblin Murphy and Rick Audas

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:42

    Content type: Methodology

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  40. In sub-Saharan Africa, shortages of trained healthcare workers and limited resources necessitate innovative and cost-effective approaches for training, supervising, and mentoring. This qualitative case study d...

    Authors: V. Bertman, F. Petracca, B. Makunike-Chikwinya, A. Jonga, B. Dupwa, N. Jenami, A. Nartker, L. Wall, L. Reason, P. Kundhlande and A. Downer

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:41

    Content type: Case study

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  41. Despite increasing popularity among health organizations of pay for performance (P4P) for the provision of comprehensive care for chronic non-communicable diseases, evidence of its effectiveness in improving h...

    Authors: Neeru Gupta, René Lavallée and James Ayles

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:40

    Content type: Research

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  42. Zimbabwe experienced a socio-economic crisis from 1997 to 2008 which heavily impacted all sectors. In this context, human resource managers were confronted with the challenge of health worker shortage in rural...

    Authors: Wilson Mashange, Tim Martineau, Pamela Chandiwana, Yotamu Chirwa, Vongai Mildred Pepukai, Shungu Munyati and Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:39

    Content type: Research

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  43. Although there is extensive literature on the different aspects of physician job satisfaction worldwide, existing questionnaires used to measure job satisfaction in developed countries (e.g., the Job Satisfact...

    Authors: Chatila Maharani, Hanevi Djasri, Andreasta Meliala, Mohamed Lamine Dramé, Michael Marx and Svetla Loukanova

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:38

    Content type: Review

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  45. The recession of 2008 triggered large-scale emigration from Ireland. Australia emerged as a popular destination for Irish emigrants and for Irish-trained doctors. This paper illustrates the impact that such an...

    Authors: Niamh Humphries, John Connell, Joel Negin and James Buchan

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:36

    Content type: Research

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  46. The number of oral health technicians (OHT) in the public health service in Brazil is lower than the number of training school graduates. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate possible factors a...

    Authors: Ana Cláudia Pereira dos Santos Cruz, Simone Dutra Lucas, Lívia Guimarães Zina, Rafaela da Silveira Pinto and Maria Inês Barreiros Senna

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:35

    Content type: Research

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  48. Similar to many other low- and middle-income countries, public private partnership (PPP) in the training of the health workforce has been emphasized since the launch of the 1990s’ health sector reforms in Tanz...

    Authors: Nathanael Sirili, Gasto Frumence, Angwara Kiwara, Mughwira Mwangu, Isabel Goicolea and Anna-Karin Hurtig

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:33

    Content type: Research

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  49. As part of measures to address severe shortage of nurses and midwives, Ghana embarked on massive scale-up of the production of nurses and midwives which has yielded remarkable improvements in nurse staffing le...

    Authors: James Avoka Asamani, Ninon P. Amertil, Hamza Ismaila, Akugri Abande Francis, Margaret M. Chebere and Juliet Nabyonga-Orem

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:32

    Content type: Commentary

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  50. Recruiting and retaining students in preventive medical (PM) specialties has never been easy; one main challenge is how to select appropriate students with proper motivation. Understanding how students perceiv...

    Authors: Van Anh Thi Nguyen, Karen D. Könings, E. Pamela Wright, Hoat Ngoc Luu, Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier and Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:31

    Content type: Research

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