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Human Resources for Health

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (137 Artikel)

Open Access Research

From village health volunteers to paid care givers: the optimal mix for a multidisciplinary home health care workforce in rural Thailand

Nonglak Pagaiya, Thinakorn Noree, Penapa Hongthong, Karnwarin Gongkulawat, Pagaluk Padungson, Dariwan Setheetham

Open Access Review

Approaches to motivate physicians and nurses in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review

Jaya Gupta, Mariya C. Patwa, Angel Khuu, Andreea A. Creanga

Open Access Research

Preparing the healthcare workforce in South Africa for short-course rifampicin-resistant TB treatment: inter-professional training and task-sharing considerations

Jason E. Farley, Norbert Ndjeka, Khaya Mlandu, Kelly Lowensen, Keri Geiger, Yen Nguyen, Chakra Budhathoki, Paul D. Stamper

Open Access Research

Interplaying role of healthcare activist and homemaker: a mixed-methods exploration of the workload of community health workers (Accredited Social Health Activists) in India

Anand Kawade, Manisha Gore, Pallavi Lele, Uddhavi Chavan, Hilary Pinnock, Pam Smith, Sanjay Juvekar, Steve Cunningham, Farzana Khan, Colin Simpson, David Weller, Nazimuddin Zulma, Andrew Morris, Roberto Rabinovitch, Tabish Hazar, Li Ping Wong, Pam Smith, Rita Isaac, Parag Khataokar, Osman Yusuf, Shahida Yusuf, Liz Grant, Harry Campbell, Aziz Sheikh

Open Access Research

Workplace violence toward resident doctors in public hospitals of Syria: prevalence, psychological impact, and prevention strategies: a cross-sectional study

Okbah Mohamad, Naseem AlKhoury, Mohammad-Nasan Abdul-Baki, Marah Alsalkini, Rafea Shaaban

Open Access Review

Tools for measuring medical internship experience: a scoping review

Yingxi Zhao, Peris Musitia, Mwanamvua Boga, David Gathara, Catia Nicodemo, Mike English

Open Access Research

Caring Behaviors Inventory-24: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing for use in a Swedish context

Anna Klarare, Mona Söderlund, Anna Wikman, Jenny McGreevy, Elisabet Mattsson, Andreas Rosenblad

Open Access Case study

Development of accreditation standards for interprofessional education: a Canadian Case Study

Ruby E. Grymonpre, Lesley Bainbridge, Louise Nasmith, Cynthia Baker

Open Access Research

Who could be One Health Activist at the community level?: A case for India

Sandul Yasobant, Walter Bruchhausen, Deepak Saxena, Farjana Zakir Memon, Timo Falkenberg

Open Access Research

Regulating health professional scopes of practice: comparing institutional arrangements and approaches in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK

Kathleen Leslie, Jean Moore, Chris Robertson, Douglas Bilton, Kristine Hirschkorn, Margaret H. Langelier, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Open Access Research

Recruitment, training and supervision of nurses and nurse assistants for a task-shifting depression intervention in two RCTs in Brazil and Peru

Thais Izabel Ugeda Rocha, Suzana Crismanis de Almeida Lopes Aschar, Liliana Hidalgo-Padilla, Kate Daley, Heloísa Garcia Claro, Hellen Carolina Martins Castro, Daniela Vera Cruz dos Santos, J. Jaime Miranda, Ricardo Araya, Paulo Rossi Menezes

Open Access Research

Transforming UNICEF’s approach to health system strengthening: what place can a blended learning course play?

Lucio Naccarella, Barbara McPake, Prarthna Dayal, Waithira Gikonyo, Claudia Vivas Torrealba, Alison Morgan

Open Access Research

Nurses in advanced roles as a strategy for equitable access to healthcare in the WHO Western Pacific region: a mixed methods study

Sue Kim, Tae Wha Lee, Gwang Suk Kim, Eunhee Cho, Yeonsoo Jang, Mona Choi, Seoyoung Baek, David Lindsay, Sally Chan, Regina L. T. Lee, Aimin Guo, Frances Kam Yuet Wong, Doris Yu, Sek Ying Chair, Yoko Shimpuku, Sonoe Mashino, Gigi Lim, Sheila Bonito, Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill, Indrajit Hazarika

Open Access Research

Trend and equity of general practitioners’ allocation in China based on the data from 2012–2017

Qianqian Yu, Wenqiang Yin, Dongmei Huang, Kui Sun, Zhongming Chen, Hongwei Guo, Di Wu

Open Access Research

Current status and related factors of turnover intention of primary medical staff in Anhui Province, China: a cross-sectional study

Guimei Chen, Lingzhi Sang, Jian Rong, Huosheng Yan, Hongzhang Liu, Jing Cheng, Li Wang, Hong Ding, Ren Chen

Open Access Editorial

Optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces: #Protect, #Invest, #Together

James Buchan, James Campbell, Carey McCarthy

Open Access Research

Reflecting on the current scenario and forecasting the future demand for medical doctors in South Africa up to 2030: towards equal representation of women

Ritika Tiwari, Angelique Wildschut-February, Lungiswa Nkonki, René English, Innocent Karangwa, Usuf Chikte

Open Access Research

Task-shifting to improve asthma education for Malawian children: a qualitative analysis

Lovemore Nkhalamba, Sarah Rylance, Adamson S. Muula, Kevin Mortimer, Felix Limbani

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 and doctor emigration: the case of Ireland

Niamh Humphries, Jennifer Creese, John-Paul Byrne, John Connell

Open Access Research

Training in communication skills for self-efficacy of health professionals: a systematic review

Ádala Nayana de Sousa Mata, Kesley Pablo Morais de Azevedo, Liliane Pereira Braga, Gidyenne Christine Bandeira Silva de Medeiros, Victor Hugo de Oliveira Segundo, Isaac Newton Machado Bezerra, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Ismael Martinez Nicolás, Grasiela Piuvezam

Open Access Research

System dynamics modelling of health workforce planning to address future challenges of Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage

Borwornsom Leerapan, Pard Teekasap, Nipaporn Urwannachotima, Wararat Jaichuen, Kwanpracha Chiangchaisakulthai, Khunjira Udomaksorn, Aronrag Meeyai, Thinakorn Noree, Krisada Sawaengdee

Open Access Research

Visualizing the drivers of an effective health workforce: a detailed, interactive logic model

Serena Sonderegger, Sara Bennett, Veena Sriram, Ummekulsoom Lalani, Shreya Hariyani, Timothy Roberton

Open Access Research

Evaluating medical education regulation changes in Brazil: workforce impact

Alexandre Medeiros Figueiredo, Danette Waller McKinley, Adriano Massuda, George Dantas Azevedo

Open Access Research

The changing demographics of the orthotist/prosthetist workforce in Australia: 2007, 2012 and 2019

Emily Ridgewell, Leigh Clarke, Sarah Anderson, Michael P. Dillon

Open Access Research

Evaluating a capacity building program on women’s health for displaced community health workers in fragile settings in Lebanon

Hady Naal, Rebecca Mendelsohn, Dayana Brome, Aya Noubani, Dana Nabulsi, Dina Muhieddine, Shadi Saleh

Open Access Research

Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?

Anup Karan, Himanshu Negandhi, Suhaib Hussain, Tomas Zapata, Dilip Mairembam, Hilde De Graeve, James Buchan, Sanjay Zodpey

Open Access Research

Hiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in ‘source’ country perspectives on health worker migration

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Vivien Runnels, Jelena Atanackovic, Denise Spitzer, Margaret Walton-Roberts

Open Access Research

‘She taught me’: factors consumers find important in nurse practitioner and pharmacist prescriber services

Tara N. Officer, Jackie Cumming, Karen McBride-Henry

Open Access Research

The cost of health workforce gaps and inequitable distribution in the Ghana Health Service: an analysis towards evidence-based health workforce planning and management

James Avoka Asamani, Hamza Ismaila, Anna Plange, Victor Francis Ekey, Abdul-Majeed Ahmed, Margaret Chebere, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem

Open Access Correction

Correction to: System dynamics modelling of health workforce planning to address future challenges of Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage

Borwornsom Leerapan, Pard Teekasap, Nipaporn Urwannachotima, Wararat Jaichuen, Kwanpracha Chiangchaisakulthai, Khunjira Udomaksorn, Aronrag Meeyai, Thinakorn Noree, Krisada Sawaengdee

Open Access Research

Does engagement with frontline health workers improve maternal and child healthcare utilisation and outcomes in India?

Anu Rammohan, Srinivas Goli, Shashi Kala Saroj, C. P. Abdul Jaleel

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Burnout and depression among psychiatry residents during COVID-19 pandemic

Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Hatem Assiri, Hatim Yousef Alharbi, Abdullah Nasser, Mohammad A. Alkhamees

Open Access Research

Implementing care coordination in a large dental care organization in the United States by upskilling front office personnel

Aubri M. Kottek, Kristin S. Hoeft, Joel M. White, Kristen Simmons, Elizabeth A. Mertz

Open Access Research

Projections of psychiatrists’ distribution for patients in Japan: a utilization-based approach

Norio Sugawara, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Kazutaka Shimoda

Open Access Commentary

Harnessing the digital potential of the next generation of health professionals

Brian L. H. Wong, Mark P. Khurana, Robert D. Smith, Omnia El-Omrani, Ave Pold, Amine Lotfi, Charlotte A. O’Leary, Diah S. Saminarsih

Open Access Review

Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape

Tanvir C. Turin, Nashit Chowdhury, Mark Ekpekurede, Deidre Lake, Mohammad Ali Ashraf Lasker, Mary O’Brien, Suzanne Goopy

Open Access Research

Interprofessional collaboration and barriers among health and social workers caring for older adults: a Philippine case study

TJ Robinson T. Moncatar, Keiko Nakamura, Kathryn Lizbeth L. Siongco, Kaoruko Seino, Rebecca Carlson, Carmelita C. Canila, Richard S. Javier, Fely Marilyn E. Lorenzo

Open Access Case study

Increasing nursing student interest in rural healthcare: lessons from a rural rotation program in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Susan Michaels-Strasser, Paul W. Thurman, Narcisse Mwinkeu Kasongo, Daniel Kapenda, John Ngulefac, Beatrice Lukeni, Serge Matumaini, Lauren Parmley, Rebekah Hughes, Faustin Malele

Open Access Research

A needs-based methodology to project physicians and nurses to 2030: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Samantha Gailey, Tim A. Bruckner, Tracy Kuo Lin, Jenny X. Liu, Mohammed Alluhidan, Taghred Alghaith, Hussah Alghodaier, Nabiha Tashkandi, Christopher H. Herbst, Mariam M. Hamza, Nahar Alazemi

Open Access Research

Assessment of training and mentoring for DR-TB care decentralization in Tanzania

Dennis Lyakurwa, Johnson Lyimo, Christiaan Mulder, Puck T. Pelzer, Inge Koppelaar, Marleen Heus

Open Access Research

Job satisfaction of general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries

Emiel J. Stobbe, Peter P. Groenewegen, Willemijn Schäfer

Open Access Research

Shaping applied epidemiology workforce training to strengthen emergency response: a global survey of applied epidemiologists, 2019–2020

Amy Elizabeth Parry, Martyn D. Kirk, David N. Durrheim, Babatunde Olowokure, Samantha M. Colquhoun, Tambri Housen

Open Access Research

Uganda’s response to sexual harassment in the public health sector: from “Dying Silently” to gender-transformational HRH policy

Constance Newman, Alice Nayebare, Stella Neema, Allan Agaba, Lilian Perry Akello

Open Access Research

Characterization and distribution of medicine vendors in 2 states in Nigeria: implications for scaling health workforce and family planning services

Babajide Oluseyi Daini, Emeka Okafor, Sikiru Baruwa, Oluwafunmito Adeyanju, Rodio Diallo, Jennifer Anyanti

Open Access Research

Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study

Aaron M. Orkin, Sampreeth Rao, Jeyasakthi Venugopal, Natasha Kithulegoda, Pete Wegier, Stephen D. Ritchie, David VanderBurgh, Alexandra Martiniuk, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Ross Upshur

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Diversifying the health workforce: a mixed methods analysis of an employment integration strategy

Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio, Dana Ross, Jennifer Blythe

Open Access Research

Migrant physicians’ choice of employment and the medical specialty general practice: a mixed-methods study

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

Open Access Research

Narrowing but persisting gender pay gap among employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services during 2010–2018

Zhuo Chen, Yihong Zhang, Huabin Luo, Donglan Zhang, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Yuheng Wang, Ruoxi Wang, Grace Bagwell-Adams

Open Access Research

Interprofessional education-relevant accreditation standards in Canada: a comparative document analysis

Mohammad Azzam, Anton Puvirajah, Marie-Andrée Girard, Ruby E. Grymonpre

Open Access Research

Retention of healthcare workers 1 year after recruitment and deployment in rural settings: an experience post-Ebola in five health districts in Guinea

Delphin Kolie, Remco Van De Pas, Alexandre Delamou, Nafissatou Dioubaté, Foromo Timothée Beavogui, Patrice Bouedouno, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Abdoulaye Kaba, Willem Van De Put, Wim Van Damme

Open Access Research

Job satisfaction and its associated factors among opticians in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Akosua Kesewah Asare, Elsie Emelia Yelbert, Emmanuel Kobia-Acquah, Emmanuel Kofi Addo, Eldad Agyei-Manu, Thomas Brusah, Prince Antwi Asenso

Open Access Review

Attracting and retaining physicians in less attractive specialties: the role of continuing medical education

Van Anh Thi Nguyen, Karen D. Könings, Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer

Open Access Research

Global trends in medical education accreditation

Deborah Bedoll, Marta van Zanten, Danette McKinley

Open Access Research

Measuring attentiveness toward oral care needs: a comparative study of Indonesian care workers in Japan and Indonesia

Yuko O. Hirano, Susiana Nugraha, Hiroyasu Shiozu, Misako Higashijima, Tri Budi W. Rahardjo

Open Access Research

Determinants of safety climate at primary care level in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda: a cross-sectional study across 138 selected primary healthcare facilities

Frédérique Vallières, Paul Mubiri, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Samuel Amon, Jana Gerold, Tim Martineau, Ann Nolan, Thomasena O’Byrne, Lifah Sanudi, Freddie Sengooba, Helen Prytherch

Open Access Research

Clinicians’ perspectives on quality: do they match accreditation standards?

Nesibe Akdemir, Romana Malik, Theanne Walters, Stanley Hamstra, Fedde Scheele

Open Access Review

A systematic mapping review of factors associated with willingness to work under emergency condition

Hamideh Nafar, Emir Tahmazi Aghdam, Naser Derakhshani, Nadia Sani’ee, Sakineh Sharifian, Salime Goharinezhad

Open Access Hypothesis

Public availability of information from WFME-recognized accreditation agencies

Kahlo Baniadam, Zakia Arfeen, Mohammed Ahmed Rashid, Ming-Jung Ho, Sean Tackett

Open Access Research

Job preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students in China: a discrete choice experiment

Ping Liu, Shimeng Liu, Tiantian Gong, Quan Li, Gang Chen, Shunping Li

Open Access Review

Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amit Abraham, Karima Chaabna, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Sapna Bhagat, Javaid Sheikh, Ravinder Mamtani, Sohaila Cheema

Open Access Commentary

Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young professionals in the public health workforce

Brian Li Han Wong, Ines Siepmann, Tara T. Chen, Shelby Fisher, Tobias S. Weitzel, Naomi L. Nathan, Diah S. Saminarsih

Open Access Research

Task-shifting to optimize outpatient neurological care in Zambia

Ana C. Villegas, Deanna Saylor, Michelle Kvalsund, Masharip Atadzhanov, Clarence Chiluba, Lorraine Chishimba, Stanley Zimba, Mashina Chomba, Omar K. Siddiqi

Open Access Research

Variations in regulations to control standards for training and licensing of physicians: a multi-country comparison

Wafa Aftab, Mishal Khan, Sonia Rego, Nishant Chavan, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Isha Sharma, Shishi Wu, Zahra Zeinali, Rumina Hasan, Sameen Siddiqi

Open Access Research

How long does it take patients to find a new primary care physician when theirs retires: a population-based, longitudinal study

Lindsay Hedden, Megan A. Ahuja, M. Ruth Lavergne, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Michael R. Law, Lucy Cheng, Morris L. Barer

Open Access Research

Factors affecting job choice among physician anesthesia providers in Uganda: a survey of income composition, discrete choice experiment, and implications for the decision to work rurally

Tyler J. Law, Shivani Subhedar, Fred Bulamba, Nathan N. O’Hara, Mary T. Nabukenya, Cornelius Sendagire, Adam Hewitt-Smith, Michael S. Lipnick, Janat Tumukunde

Open Access Review

Participation of women in the health workforce in the fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review

Basnama Ayaz, Maria Athina Martimianakis, Carles Muntaner, Sioban Nelson

Open Access Research

Task-sharing to support paediatric and child health service delivery in low- and middle-income countries: current practice and a scoping review of emerging opportunities

Yingxi Zhao, Christiane Hagel, Raymond Tweheyo, Nathanael Sirili, David Gathara, Mike English

Open Access Research

Brazil’s more doctors programme and infant health outcomes: a longitudinal analysis

Charlotte Bexson, Christopher Millett, Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Ricardo de Sousa Soares, Felipe Proenço de Oliveira, Thomas Hone

Open Access Research

Retention of visa-trainee post-graduate residents in Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Maria Mathews, Dania Koudieh, Yanqing Yi, Lindsay Hedden, Emily Gard Marshall, Asoka Samarasena, Geoff Barnum, Ivy Bourgeault

Open Access Research

The physiotherapy workforce in the Brazilian Unified Health Care System

Carolina Hart Rodés, João Vitor Lovato Daré, Bruna Carolina de Araujo, Leonardo Graciani, Silvia Maria Amado João, Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves Germani, Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt

Open Access Research

Education policies to increase rural physicians in Japan: a nationwide cohort study

Masatoshi Matsumoto, Yasushi Matsuyama, Saori Kashima, Soichi Koike, Yuji Okazaki, Kazuhiko Kotani, Tetsuhiro Owaki, Shizukiyo Ishikawa, Seitaro Iguchi, Hitoaki Okazaki, Takahiro Maeda

Open Access Review

Interventions for health workforce retention in rural and remote areas: a systematic review

Deborah Russell, Supriya Mathew, Michelle Fitts, Zania Liddle, Lorna Murakami-Gold, Narelle Campbell, Mark Ramjan, Yuejen Zhao, Sonia Hines, John S. Humphreys, John Wakerman

Open Access Research

Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers’ preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance retention: a qualitative study in Kilifi, Kenya

Njeri Nyanja, Nelson Nyamu, Lucy Nyaga, Sophie Chabeda, Adelaide Lusambili, Marleen Temmerman, Michaela Mantel, Anthony Ngugi

Open Access Research

Needs-led human resource planning for Sierra Leone in support of oral health

Swapnil Gajendra Ghotane, Patric Don-Davis, David Kamara, Paul R. Harper, Stephen J. Challacombe, Jennifer E. Gallagher

Open Access Commentary

Physiotherapy services in patient care in Bhutan

Monu Tamang, Thinley Dorji

Open Access Research

Effect of healthcare system reforms on job satisfaction among village clinic doctors in China

Zhongming Chen, Lifang Zhou, Haiyuan Lv, Kui Sun, Hongwei Guo, Jinwei Hu, Qianqian Yu, Dongmei Huang, Dongping Ma, Zhiqiang Feng, Changhai Tang, Mengna Dai, Wenqiang Yin

Open Access Research

Global accreditation practices for accelerated medically trained clinicians: a view of five countries

James Antwi, Anthony Asare Arkoh, Joseph Kiprop Choge, Turi Woticha Dibo, Alias Mahmud, Enkhtuya Vankhuu, Erick Kizito Wanyama, Danette Waller McKinley

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Alba Llop-Gironés, Ana Vračar, Gisela Llop-Gironés, Joan Benach, Livia Angeli-Silva, Lucero Jaimez, Pramila Thapa, Ramesh Bhatta, Santosh Mahindrakar, Sara Bontempo Scavo, Sonia Nar Devi, Susana Barria, Susana Marcos Alonso, Mireia Julià

Open Access Research

A multimodal mentorship intervention to improve surgical quality in Tanzania’s Lake Zone: a convergent, mixed methods assessment

Shehnaz Alidina, Leopold Tibyehabwa, Sakshie Sanjay Alreja, David Barash, Danta Bien-Aime, Monica Cainer, Kevin Charles, Edwin Ernest, Joachim Eyembe, Laura Fitzgerald, Geofrey C. Giiti, Augustino Hellar, Yahaya Hussein, Furaha Kahindo, Benard Kenemo, Albert Kihunrwa, Steve Kisakye, Innocent Kissima, John G. Meara, Cheri Reynolds, Steven J. Staffa, Meaghan Sydlowski, John Varallo, Noor Zanial, Ntuli A. Kapologwe, Caroline Damian Mayengo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Frontline healthcare workers’ mental distress, top concerns, and assessment on hierarchy of controls in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey study

Lingling Zhang, Kimberlee L. Flike, C. Ann Gakumo, Ling Shi, Suzanne G. Leveille, Linda S. Thompson

Open Access Case study

Accreditation of private midwifery and nursing schools in Mali: a local sustainable solution to increasing the supply of qualified health workers

Cheick Oumar Touré, Sujata Bijou, Melanie Joiner, Andrew Brown, Jeanne Tessougué, Hamada Maiga, Fatoumata Dicko, Abdel Kader Keïta

Open Access Review

The role of community health workers in the surgical cascade: a scoping review

Helen W. Li, Michael L. Scanlon, Nicholas Kisilu, Debra K. Litzelman

Open Access Review

A systematic review of the profile and density of the maternal and child health workforce in China

Huan Zhang, Xiaoyun Liu, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Carine Ronsmans

Open Access Research

Factors associated with the rural and remote practice of medical workforce in Maluku Islands of Indonesia: a cross-sectional study

Farah Noya, Sandra Carr, Sandra Thompson, Rhonda Clifford, Denese Playford

Open Access Research

The workforce for rehabilitation in primary health care in Brazil

Debora Bernardo da Silva, Taciana Rocha dos Santos Sixel, Arthur de Almeida Medeiros, Paulo Henrique dos Santos Mota, Aylene Bousquat, Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt

Open Access Research

Documentation and dissemination of scientific evidence by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program: experiences and lessons learnt, 2015–2020

Lilian Bulage, Alex Riolexus Ario, Steven N. Kabwama, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Christine Kihembo, Simon Antara, Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Management of burnout among the staff of primary care centres in Spain during the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2

Isaac Aranda-Reneo, Azucena Pedraz-Marcos, Montserrat Pulido-Fuentes

Open Access Research

Challenges facing the More Doctors program (Programa Mais Médicos) in vulnerable and peri-urban areas in Greater Brasilia, Brazil

Helena Eri Shimizu, Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Mauro Niskier Sanchez, Thomas Hone, Christopher Millett, Matthew Harris

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south

Robert Kaba Alhassan, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Margaret Gyapong

Open Access Research

Job satisfaction among Syrian healthcare workers in refugee health centres

Monica Zikusooka, Omur Cinar Elci, Habibe Özdemir

Open Access Research

Practices and resilience of dieticians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey in the United Arab Emirates

Farah Naja, Hadia Radwan, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Mona Hashim, Wafaa Helmi Rida, Salma Abu Qiyas, Karen Bou-Karroum, Mohamad Alameddine

Open Access Research

Association between supportive supervision and performance of community health workers in India: a longitudinal multi-level analysis

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Rasmi Avula, Purnima Menon, Lia Fernald, Dilys Walker, Sumeet Patil

Open Access Commentary

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 report: findings to drive global policy and practice

Andrea Nove, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Martin Boyce, Sarah Bar-Zeev, Luc de Bernis, Geeta Lal, Zoë Matthews, Million Mekuria, Caroline S. E. Homer

Open Access Research

Evaluating the association of state regulation of community health workers on adoption of standard roles, skills, and qualities by employers in select states: a mixed methods study

Tammie M. Jones, Alex Schulte, Suhashini Ramanathan, Meron Assefa, Srilatha Rebala, Peggy J. Maddox

Open Access Research

The prevalence of turnover intention and influencing factors among emergency physicians: a national observation

Shijiao Yan, Xin Shen, Rixing Wang, Zhiqian Luo, Xiaotong Han, Yong Gan, Chuanzhu Lv

Open Access Research

Retention of knowledge and clinical competence among Ugandan mid-level health providers 1 year after intensive clinical mentorship in TB and HIV management

Dan K. Senjovu, Sarah Naikoba, Pallen Mugabe, Damazo T. Kadengye, Carey McCarthy, Patricia L. Riley, Shona Dalal