A5078211238- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Health Care Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences and Governance
- Global Health and Surgery
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Education, sociology, and vocational training
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Migration, Identity, and Health
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Health, Medicine and Society
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2015-2024
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical
2008-2023
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2021
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
2021
European Public Health Association
2021
Maastricht University
2021
Instituto de Medicina Tropical
2009-2020
University of Lisbon
2008-2020
University of London
2018
Université Laval
1979-2015
Abstract Access to good-quality health services is crucial for the improvement of many outcomes, such as those targeted by Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted international community in 2000. The health-related MDGs cannot be achieved if vulnerable populations do not have access skilled personnel and other necessary inputs. This paper focuses on geographical dimension one its critical determinants: availability qualified personnel. objective this offer a better understanding...
tion coverage), what is covered (health-care benefits) and how much of the cost (financial protection), all which may expand over time. 4ddressing these three dimensions UHC [5][6][7] within boundaries fiscal space 8 challenging for countries.It requires continuing political commitment leadership to distribute available resources, especially human resources health (HRH), 9 in an efficient, equitable sustainable manner match population needs.Overcoming inequitable distribution services...
Optimizing the management of health workforce is necessary for progressive realization universal coverage. Here we discuss six main action fields in as identified by Human Resources Health Action Framework: leadership; finance; policy; education; partnership; and human resources systems. We also identify describe examples effective practices development workforce, highlighting breadth issues that policy-makers planners should consider. Achieving success these not possible pursuing them...
The relationship between health sector reform and the human resources issues raised in that process has been highlighted several studies. These studies have focused on how new processes modified ways which workers interact with their workplace, but few of them paid enough attention to influenced reforms.The impact critical aspects workforce, including labor conditions, degree decentralization management, required skills entire system wages incentives. Human health, crucial as they are...
Current health policy directions in Zambia are formulated the National Health Strategic Plan. The Plan focuses on national priorities, which include human resources (HR) crisis. In this paper we describe way HRH establishment is distributed different provinces of Zambia, with a view to assess dimension shortages and imbalances distribution workers by province level care.We used secondary data from "March 2008 payroll base", lists all public servants Ministry Service facilities. We computed...
Aim Examine metrics and policies regarding nurse workforce across four countries. Background International comparisons inform health policy makers. Methods Data from the OECD were used to compare expenditure, in: A ustralia, P ortugal, U nited K ingdom ( UK ) S tates US ). Workforce context was explored. Results Public spending varied less than 50% of gross domestic product in over 80% . ustralia had highest life expectancy. Portugal has fewer nurses more physicians. The ustralian national...
Medical deserts represent a pressing public health and systems challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated the gap between people services, yet commonly agreed definition of medical was lacking. This study aims to define through consensus-building exercise, explaining phenomenon its full extent, in manner that can apply countries across globe.We used standard Delphi exercise for process. first phase consisted one round individual online meetings with selected key informants; second...
The Quality of Working Life, par Louis E. Davis et Albert B. Cherns (éd.), Vol. I : « Problems, Prospects and the State Art », II Cases Commentary New-York, Free Press, 450 p. 387 p.. An article from journal Relations industrielles / Industrial (Volume 31, Number 2, 1976, pp. 175-338), on Érudit.
Objective: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers. Design: Interview records from the prospective development and assessment nicotine dependence in youth study were examined retrospectively. Interviews conducted three times per year over 30 months. Subjects: 164 students grades 7–9 (ages 12–15 years, 86 girls, 78 boys) who had used cigarettes at least twice. Main outcome measures: A continuous timeline activity, beginning with subject’s first...
Many countries have developed strategies to attract and retain qualified health workers in underserved areas, but there is only scarce weak evidence on their successes or failures.It difficult compare lessons measure results from the few evaluations that are available.Evaluation faces several challenges, including heterogeneity of terminology, complexity interventions, difficulty assessing influence contextual factors, lack baseline information, need for multimethod multi-disciplinary...
Global Health Initiatives (GHIs), aiming at reducing the impact of specific diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), have flourished since 2000. Amongst these, PEPFAR and GFATM provided a substantial amount funding to countries affected by HIV, predominantly for delivery antiretroviral therapy (ARV) prevention strategies. Since need additional human resources health (HRH) was not initially considered GHIs, countries, allow ARV scale-up, implemented short-term HRH strategies,...
Women represent an increasingly growing share of the medical workforce in high-income countries, with abundant research focusing on reasons and implications phenomenon. Little evidence is available from low- middle-income which odd given possible repercussion this may have for local supply services and, ultimately, attaining universal health coverage.Drawing secondary analysis primary survey data, paper analyses proportion characteristics female physicians Bissau, Maputo Praia, objective...
Evidence-based health workforce policies are essential to ensure the provision of high-quality services and support attainment universal coverage (UHC). This paper describes main characteristics available data for 74 75 countries identified under 'Countdown 2015' initiative as accounting more than 95% world's maternal, newborn child deaths. It also discusses best practices in development metrics post-2015.Using from Global Health Workforce Statistics database Observatory, we generated...