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  1. For an effective health system, human resources for health (HRH) planning should be aligned with health system needs. To provide evidence-based information to support HRH plan and policy, we should develop str...

    Authors: Nonglak Pagaiya, Pudtan Phanthunane, Adun Bamrung, Thinakorn Noree and Karnwarin Kongweerakul

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:4

    Content type: Research

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  2. Many Asia-Pacific countries are experiencing rapid changes in socio-economic and health system development. This study aims to describe the strategies supporting rural health worker attraction and retention in...

    Authors: Anna Zhu, Shenglan Tang, Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu, Leang Supheap and Xiaoyun Liu

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:2

    Content type: Research

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  3. Shortage and mal-distribution of nursing human resources is an intractable problem in China. There is an urgent need to explore the job preferences of undergraduate nursing students. The main aim of this study...

    Authors: Tongtong Liu, Shunping Li, Renyong Yang, Shimeng Liu and Gang Chen

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2019 17:1

    Content type: Research

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  4. Qualitative narrative analysis and case studies form the majority of the current peer-reviewed literature about the benefits of professional volunteering or international placements for healthcare professional...

    Authors: Natasha Tyler, John Chatwin, Ged Byrne, Jo Hart and Lucie Byrne-Davis

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:69

    Content type: Research

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  5. Human resource planning in healthcare can employ machine learning to effectively predict length of stay of recruited health workers who are stationed in rural areas. While prior studies have identified a numbe...

    Authors: Sangiwe Moyo, Tuan Nguyen Doan, Jessica Ann Yun and Ndumiso Tshuma

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:68

    Content type: Research

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  6. Ensuring healthcare delivery is dependent both on the prediction of the future demand for healthcare services and on the estimation and planning for the Health Human Resources needed to properly deliver these ...

    Authors: Sofia Cruz-Gomes, Mário Amorim-Lopes and Bernardo Almada-Lobo

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:67

    Content type: Research

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  7. Although human resources for health (HRH) represent a critical element for health systems, many countries still face acute HRH challenges. These challenges are compounded in conflict-affected settings where he...

    Authors: Maria Paola Bertone, Joao S. Martins, Sara M. Pereira, Tim Martineau and Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:66

    Content type: Research

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  8. eHealth—the proficient application of information and communication technology to support healthcare delivery—has been touted as one of the best solutions to address quality and accessibility challenges in hea...

    Authors: Henry A. Ogoe, James A. Asamani, Harry Hochheiser and Gerald P. Douglas

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:65

    Content type: Research

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  9. Auxillary nurse midwives (ANMs) are the most important frontline multi-purpose workers in rural India. This study was conducted to assess the spectrum of service delivery, time utilisation, work planning, and ...

    Authors: Samiksha Singh, Neha Dwivedi, Amol Dongre, Pradeep Deshmukh, Deepak Dey, Vijay Kumar and Sanjeev Upadhyaya

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:64

    Content type: Research

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  10. Community-based health workers and volunteers are not just low-level health workforce; their effectiveness is also due to their unique relationship with the community and is often attributed to social capital,...

    Authors: Nicole Mohajer and Debra Singh

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:63

    Content type: Research

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  11. Contemporary approaches to rural generalist medicine training and models of care are developing internationally as part of an integrated response to common challenges faced by rural and remote health services ...

    Authors: Nicholas Schubert, Rebecca Evans, Kristine Battye, Tarun Sen Gupta, Sarah Larkins and Lachlan McIver

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:62

    Content type: Research

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  12. Dual practice (DP) by medical specialists is a widespread issue across health systems. This study aims to determine the level of DP engagement among Iran’s specialists.

    Authors: Mahboubeh Bayat, Gholamhossein Salehi Zalani, Iraj Harirchi, Azad Shokri, Elmira Mirbahaeddin, Roghayeh Khalilnezhad, Mahmoud Khodadost, Mehdi Yaseri, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan and Ali Akbari-Sari

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:61

    Content type: Research

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  13. A family planning (FP) supply chain intervention was introduced in Senegal in 2012 to reduce contraceptive stock-outs. Labour is the highest cost in low- and middle-income country supply chains. In this paper,...

    Authors: Elizabeth McElwee, Jenny A. Cresswell, Christian Yao, Macaire Bakeu, Francesca L. Cavallaro, Diane Duclos, Caroline A. Lynch and Lucy Paintain

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:60

    Content type: Research

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  14. Historically, in an effort to evaluate and manage the rising cost of healthcare employers assess the direct cost burden via medical health claims and measures that yield clear data. Health related indirect cos...

    Authors: Donna Allen, Erica Wandtke Hines, Vanessa Pazdernik, Lynda Tierney Konecny and Erin Breitenbach

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:59

    Content type: Research

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  15. In response to the need for competitive recruitment of nurses resulting from the worldwide nursing shortage, employers need to attract and retain nurses by promoting their competitive strengths in their workin...

    Authors: Remo Aeschbacher and Véronique Addor

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:58

    Content type: Research

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  16. The use of community health workers (CHWs) has been considered as one of the strategies to address the growing shortage of health workers, predominantly in low-income countries. They are playing a pivotal role...

    Authors: Habtamu Abdissa Jigssa, Binyam Fekadu Desta, Hibret Alemu Tilahun, Jen McCutcheon and Peter Berman

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:57

    Content type: Research

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  17. Limited evidence exists about the extent to which doctors are returning to rural region(s) where they had previously trained. This study aims to investigate the rate at which medical students who have trained ...

    Authors: Matthew R. McGrail, Belinda G. O’Sullivan and Deborah J. Russell

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:56

    Content type: Research

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  18. Performance-based financing (PBF) reforms aim to directly influence health worker behavior through changes to institutional arrangements, accountability structures, and financial incentives based on performanc...

    Authors: Jessica Gergen, Yogesh Rajkotia, Julia Lohmann and Nirmala Ravishankar

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:55

    Content type: Research

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  19. The Nigerian health system has been plagued with numerous healthcare worker strikes (industrial action) at all levels. The purpose of this study is to document physicians’ views on healthcare worker-initiated ...

    Authors: Obinna Ositadimma Oleribe, Deborah Udofia, Olabisi Oladipo, Temitope Arike Ishola and Simon D. Taylor-Robinson

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:54

    Content type: Research

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  20. Community health workers play an important role in health service delivery and are increasingly involved in behaviour change interventions, including for hygiene-related behaviour change. However, their role a...

    Authors: Rose Evalyne Aseyo, Jane Mumma, Kerry Scott, Damaris Nelima, Emily Davis, Kelly K Baker, Oliver Cumming and Robert Dreibelbis

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:53

    Content type: Research

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  21. There is an increasing consensus globally that the education of health professionals is failing to keep pace with scientific, social, and economic changes transforming the healthcare environment. This catalyze...

    Authors: Sanjay Zodpey, Pisake Lumbiganon, Tim Evans, Ke Yang, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Himanshu Negandhi, Wanicha Chuenkongkaew and Ahmed Al-Kabir

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:52

    Content type: Research

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  22. People and health systems worldwide face serious challenges due to shifting disease demographics, rising population demands and weaknesses in healthcare provision, including capacity shortages and lack of impa...

    Authors: D Baines, I Bates, L Bader, C Hale and P Schneider

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:51

    Content type: Research

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  23. Sierra Leone’s health outcomes rank among the worst in the world. A major challenge is the shortage of primary healthcare workers (HCWs) in rural areas due to especially high rates of attrition. This study was...

    Authors: Vijay Narayan, Grace John-Stewart, George Gage and Gabrielle O’Malley

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:50

    Content type: Research

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  24. Since 2012, The World Health Organization and UNICEF have advocated for community health workers (CHWs) to be trained in Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of common childhood illnesses, such as pneum...

    Authors: James O’Donovan, Kenneth Kabali, Celia Taylor, Margarita Chukhina, Jacqueline C. Kading, Jonathan Fuld and Edward O’Neil

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:49

    Content type: Research

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  25. In Chile, dentistry has become a very popular career choice for students, which has resulted in a substantial increase in both, the number of dental graduates and dental schools. Nonetheless, there is a need f...

    Authors: Renato E. Venturelli Garay and Richard G. Watt

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:48

    Content type: Research

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  26. In HIV programs, mentor mothers (MMs) are women living with HIV who provide peer support for other women to navigate HIV care, especially in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Niger...

    Authors: Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Angela Odiachi, Miriam J. Bathnna, Chinazom N. Ekwueme, Gift Nwanne, Emilia N. Iwu and Llewellyn J. Cornelius

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:47

    Content type: Research

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  27. Health services in high-income countries increasingly recognise the challenge of effectively serving and engaging with marginalised people. Effective engagement with marginalised people is essential to reduce ...

    Authors: Carolyn Wallace, Jane Farmer and Anthony McCosker

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:46

    Content type: Review

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  28. Many registered nurses (RNs) increased their participation in the New Zealand health workforce during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), resulting in low vacancy rates. However, based on the documented impact ...

    Authors: Willoughby Moloney, Des Gorman, Matthew Parsons and Gordon Cheung

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:45

    Content type: Research

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  29. Health leadership and management are essential for ensuring resilient health systems. Relevant training opportunities are often scarce, and the use of digital education could help address this gap. Our aim was...

    Authors: Lorainne Tudor Car, Bhone Myint Kyaw and Rifat Atun

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:44

    Content type: Review

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  30. Child and youth care workers (CYCWs) are a crucial and growing component of South Africa’s national response to HIV and AIDS and other issues affecting children and families. CYCWs use the community-centred Is...

    Authors: Tonya R. Thurman, Tory M. Taylor, Johanna Nice, Brian Luckett, Myra Taylor and J. D. Kvalsvig

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:43

    Content type: Research

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  31. One of the effective strategies in the fair distribution of human resources is the use of estimation norm of human workforce. A norm is a coefficient or an indicator for estimating the required human resources...

    Authors: Ali Vafaee-Najar, Mohammadreza Amiresmaeili, Mahmoud Nekoei-Moghadam and Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:42

    Content type: Research

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  32. Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in establishi...

    Authors: David Musoke, Charles Ssemugabo, Rawlance Ndejjo, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho and Asha S. George

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:41

    Content type: Research

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  33. Public institutions have been the major provider of education for health professionals in China for most of the twentieth century. In the 1990s, the Chinese government began to encourage the establishment of p...

    Authors: Jianlin Hou, Zhifeng Wang, Youhui Luo, Joseph C. Kolars and Qingyue Meng

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:40

    Content type: Research

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  34. To synthesize current understanding of how community-based health worker (CHW) programs can best be designed and operated in health systems.

    Authors: Kerry Scott, S. W. Beckham, Margaret Gross, George Pariyo, Krishna D Rao, Giorgio Cometto and Henry B. Perry

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:39

    Content type: Review

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  35. Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health workforce, changing human resource for health (HRH) polic...

    Authors: A.S. George, J. Campbell and A. Ghaffar

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:35

    Content type: Commentary

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  36. Primary care in Canada is the first point of entry for patients needing specialized services, the fundamental source of care for those living with chronic illness, and the main supplier of preventive services....

    Authors: Wiesława Dominika Wranik and Susan Marie Haydt

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:38

    Content type: Research

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  37. We study healthcare employees’ turnover intentions in the Afar National Regional State of Ethiopia. This rural region is experiencing the globally felt crisis in human resources, which is inhibiting its abilit...

    Authors: Joris van de Klundert, Judith van Dongen- van den Broek, Ebrahim Mohammed Yesuf, Jasmijn Vreugdenhil and Saeid Mohammed Yimer

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:37

    Content type: Research article

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  39. Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face major workforce challenges while having to deal with extraordinary high burdens of disease. The effectiveness of human resource management (HRM) is therefore of parti...

    Authors: Philipos Petros Gile, Martina Buljac-Samardzic and Joris Van De Klundert

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:34

    Content type: Review

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  41. Work ability (WA) is an indication of how well someone’s health, skills and experience match current job demands. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether the work ability model can provide a useful expl...

    Authors: Jasmin Smyth, Sabrina Winona Pit and Vibeke Hansen

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:32

    Content type: Research

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  42. Most sub-Saharan African countries have too few reproductive health (RH) specialists, resulting in high RH-related mortality and morbidity. In Kenya, task sharing in RH began in 2002, with the training of clin...

    Authors: Marianne Corine Darwinkel, Julius Maina Nduru, Reuben Waswa Nabie and John Anzetse Aswani

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:31

    Content type: Research

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  43. The health organizations of today are highly complex and specialized. Given this scenario, there is a need for health professionals to work collaboratively within interprofessional work teams to ensure quality...

    Authors: Pilar Espinoza, Marina Peduzzi, Heloise F. Agreli and Melissa A. Sutherland

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:30

    Content type: Research

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  44. There is a strong need for expanding surgical workforce in low- and middle-income countries. However, the number of medical students selecting surgical careers is not sufficient to meet this need. In Rwanda, t...

    Authors: Grace Kansayisa, Sojung Yi, Yihan Lin and Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:29

    Content type: Research

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  45. The economy of Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a major transformation which will have an impact on employment in the pharmacy sector. However, quantitative data characterizing the pharmacy workforce in th...

    Authors: Yazed AlRuthia, Mohammad A. Alsenaidy, Haitham K. Alrabiah, Abdullah AlMuhaisen and Mohammad Alshehri

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:28

    Content type: Research

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  46. The aim of this review was to examine the migration motives, the barriers to and facilitators of integration of international dental graduates, compared with nurses and doctors in the United Kingdom.

    Authors: Latha S. Davda, Jennifer E. Gallagher and David R. Radford

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:27

    Content type: Review

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  47. The uneven geographical distribution of physicians in Japan is a result of those physicians electing to work in certain locations. In order to understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to analyze the geograp...

    Authors: Hiroo Ide, Shunsuke Doi, Hidenao Atarashi, Shinsuke Fujita and Soichi Koike

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:26

    Content type: Research

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  48. In workforce planning for oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the Netherlands, it is important to plan timely, as these dental specialists are required to earn both medical and dental degrees. An important fact...

    Authors: Joost C. L. den Boer, Steven A. Zijderveld and Josef J. M. Bruers

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:25

    Content type: Research

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  49. Countries vary in the extent to which reforms have been implemented expanding nurses’ Scopes-of-Practice (SoP). There is limited cross-country research if and how reforms affect clinical practice, particularly...

    Authors: Claudia B. Maier, Julia Köppen and Reinhard Busse

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:24

    Content type: Research

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  50. There is a global health workforce shortage, which is considered critical in Nepal, a low-income country with a predominantly rural population. General practitioners (GPs) may play a key role improving access ...

    Authors: Bikash Gauchan, Stephen Mehanni, Pawan Agrawal, Mandeep Pathak and Santosh Dhungana

    Citation: Human Resources for Health 2018 16:23

    Content type: Case study

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