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Paramedics, poetry, and film: health policy and systems research at the intersection of theory, art, and practice
Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic …
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Critical success factors for the successful initiation of Lean in public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: a factor analysis and structural equation modelling study
Lean thinking is one of several operations-management techniques which have yet to be fully embraced in the South African health …
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Burnout among primary healthcare workers during implementation of integrated mental healthcare in rural Ethiopia: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: The short-term course of burnout in healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries has undergone limited evaluation. The aim …
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Public private partnership in the training of doctors after the 1990s’ health sector reforms: the case of Tanzania
Similar to many other low- and middle-income countries, public private partnership (PPP) in the training of the health workforce has …
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The children’s nursing workforce in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia: generating an initial indication of the extent of the workforce and training activity
BACKGROUND: This study sought to identify, as far as possible, the extent of the specialist children's nursing workforce in five …
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Flexibility of deployment: challenges and policy options for retaining health workers during crisis in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Zimbabwe experienced a socio-economic crisis from 1997 to 2008 which heavily impacted all sectors. In this context, human resource …
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Nurses and midwives demographic shift in Ghana—the policy implications of a looming crisis
As part of measures to address severe shortage of nurses and midwives, Ghana embarked on massive scale-up of the production …
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“Posting policies don’t change because there is peace or war”: the staff deployment challenges for two large health employers during and after conflict in Northern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Between 1986 and 2006, the Acholi region in Uganda experienced armed conflict which disrupted the health system including human …
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For more than money: willingness of health professionals to stay in remote Senegal
BACKGROUND: Poor distribution of already inadequate numbers of health professionals seriously constrains equitable access to health services in low- and …
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National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Supportive supervision is considered critical to community health worker programme performance, but there is relatively little understanding of how …
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The effect of a community health worker intervention on public satisfaction: evidence from an unregistered outcome in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of evidence on the causal effects of different care delivery approaches on health system satisfaction. …
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Exploring the space for task shifting to support nursing on neonatal wards in Kenyan public hospitals
BACKGROUND: Nursing practice is a key driver of quality care and can influence newborn health outcomes where nurses are the …
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Setting the global research agenda for community health systems: literature and consultative review
BACKGROUND: Globally, there is renewed interest in and momentum for strengthening community health systems, as also emphasized by the recent …
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Policy review on the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia by community health workers in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and …
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“Doctors ready to be posted are jobless on the street…” the deployment process and shortage of doctors in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization advocates that health workforce development is a continuum of three stages of entry, available workforce …
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Success of a South-South collaboration on Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) in health: a case of Kenya and Zambia HRIS collaboration
BACKGROUND: Shortage of health workforce in most African countries is a major impediment to achieving health and development goals. Countries …
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Application of machine learning models in predicting length of stay among healthcare workers in underserved communities in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Human resource planning in healthcare can employ machine learning to effectively predict length of stay of recruited health workers …
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Comparing time and motion methods to study personnel time in the context of a family planning supply chain intervention in Senegal
BACKGROUND: A family planning (FP) supply chain intervention was introduced in Senegal in 2012 to reduce contraceptive stock-outs. Labour is …
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Assessing Ghana’s eHealth workforce: implications for planning and training
BACKGROUND: eHealth-the proficient application of information and communication technology to support healthcare delivery-has been touted as one of the best …
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Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome socio-cultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of social capital
BACKGROUND: Community-based health workers and volunteers are not just low-level health workforce; their effectiveness is also due to their unique …