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Human Resources for Health

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (96 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Effect of doctor allocation policies on the equitable distribution of doctors in Thailand

Thinakorn Noree, Nonglak Pagaiya, Intira Nimnual

Open Access Commentary

Complexities of health and care worker migration pathways and corresponding international reporting requirements

Ivy L. Bourgeault, Denise L. Spitzer, Margaret Walton-Roberts

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Response to “An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in Africa: implications for scaling-up capacity and quality”

Alex Berland, Helen Ewing, Kathleen Capone, Erica Frank, Miriam Chickering

Open Access Research

Methylphenidate use and misuse among medical residents in Israel: a cross-sectional study

Eden Zahavi, Liat Lev-Shalem, Ilan Yehoshua, Limor Adler

Open Access Research

Healthcare workers knowledge of cholera multi-stranded interventions and its determining factors in North-East Nigeria: planning and policy implications

Kelly Elimian, Carina King, Ozius Dewa, Emmanuel Pembi, Benjamin Gandi, Sebastian Yennan, Puja Myles, Catherine Pritchard, Birger Carl Forsberg, Tobias Alfvén

Open Access Case study

A novel approach to frontline health worker support: a case study in increasing social power among private, fee-for-service birthing attendants in rural Bangladesh

Dora Curry, Md. Ahsanul Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Anne Laterra, Ikhtiar Khandaker

Open Access Research

Prevalence and predictors of workplace violence against emergency physicians in China: a cross-sectional study

Shijiao Yan, Jing Feng, Yong Gan, Rixing Wang, Xingyue Song, Zhiqian Luo, Xiaotong Han, Chuanzhu Lv

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) workforce in Canada: a mixed methods study

Christine Tulk, Mary Bartram, Kathleen Leslie, Jelena Atanackovic, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The first wave of COVID-19 and mental distress of physician residents in Brazil: a comparison between two cohorts

Mário Luciano de Mélo Silva Júnior, Arthur Violante Sapia, Jonas Marques Cavalcanti Neto, Nathallya Maria Gomes Barbosa, Victória Beatriz Costa Neiva, Euler Nicolau Sauaia Filho

Open Access Review

Drivers and barriers of international migration of doctors to and from the United Kingdom: a scoping review

N. Brennan, N. Langdon, M. Bryce, L. Burns, N. Humphries, A. Knapton, T. Gale

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aikaterini Dedeilia, Michail Papapanou, Andreas N. Papadopoulos, Nina-Rafailia Karela, Anastasia Androutsou, Dimitra Mitsopoulou, Melina Nikolakea, Christos Konstantinidis, Manthia Papageorgakopoulou, Michail Sideris, Elizabeth O. Johnson, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Giorgio Cometto, Jim Campbell, Marinos G. Sotiropoulos

Open Access Research

Characteristics of undergraduate and second speciality mental health programmes in Peru: a cross-sectional study

Jackeline García-Serna, Guillermo Almeida-Huanca, Jeff Huarcaya-Victoria, Ana Lucia Vilela-Estrada, Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka, David Villarreal-Zegarra

Open Access Research

Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India

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

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a continuing professional development strategy on COVID-19 for 10 000 health workers in Ghana: a two-pronged approach

Roxana Salehi, Stephanie de Young, Augustine Asamoah, Sawdah Esaka Aryee, Raymond Eli, Barbara Couper, Brian Smith, Charity Djokoto, Yaa Nyarko Agyeman, Abdul-Fatawu Suglo Zakaria, Nancy Butt, Amma Boadu, Felix Nyante, Gifty Merdiemah, Joseph Oliver-Commey, Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, Megan Parry, Cindy Fiore, Faustina Okae, Archibald Adams, Hannah Acquah

Open Access Review

Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Abdulazeez Imam, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, David Gathara, Jalemba Aluvaala, Michuki Maina, Mike English

Open Access Review

Increasing the availability of health workers in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of rural pipeline programmes

Delphin Kolié, Remco Van De Pas, Laurence Codjia, Pascal Zurn

Open Access Research

COVID-19 and human resources for health: analysis of planning, policy responses and actions in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Juana Paola Bustamante Izquierdo, E. Benjamín Puertas, Diana Hernández Hernández, Hernán Sepúlveda

Open Access Commentary

Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce

Isabella Busa, Shobhana Nagraj

Open Access Case study

Effects of the ECHO tele-mentoring program on HIV/TB service delivery in health facilities in Zambia: a mixed-methods, retrospective program evaluation

Brian Mubanga, Sombo Fwoloshi, Lastina Lwatula, Nomsa Siamwanza, Khozya Zyambo, Henry Sichinga, Hannah Tappis, Lloyd B. Mulenga, Aurthur Moonga, Lunga Ziko, Faith Simushi, Harry Madimba Massamba, Given Hapunda, Francis Sichimba, Hellen Mtonga, Maybin Kalubula

Open Access Research

Migration of nurses and doctors: pull factors to work in Saudi Arabia

Husam Almansour, Ameera Aldossary, Sandra Holmes, Thamer Alderaan

Open Access Research

Prevalence and determinants of physical violence against doctors in Bangladeshi tertiary care hospitals

Md. Shahjalal, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Md. Nafiul Alam Khan, Arifa Sultana, Sanjana Zaman, Ahmed Hossain, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

Open Access Research

Assessment of the distribution of human and material resources for eye health in the public sector in Nampula, Mozambique

Dulnério Barbosa Sengo, Zubair Momade Abudo Salamo, Isaura Ilorena d’Alva Brito dos Santos, Laura Mavota Mate, Sancho Manuel Chivinde, Raul Moragues, Pablo Caballero Pérez, Inmaculada López-Izquierdo

Open Access Research

Critical care pharmacy workforce: a 2020 re-evaluation of the UK deployment and characteristics

Mark Borthwick, Greg Barton, Christopher P. Ioannides, Ruth Forrest, Emma Graham-Clarke, Fraser Hanks, Christie James, David Kean, David Sapsford, Alan Timmins, Mark Tomlin, John Warburton, Richard S. Bourne

Open Access Commentary

Addition of mental health to the lady health worker curriculum in Pakistan: now or never

Fauziah Rabbani, Samina Akhtar, Javeria Nafis, Shahid Khan, Sameen Siddiqi, Zul Merali

Open Access Review

The association between multi-disciplinary staffing levels and mortality in acute hospitals: a systematic review

Chiara Dall’Ora, Bruna Rubbo, Christina Saville, Lesley Turner, Jane Ball, Cheska Ball, Peter Griffiths

Open Access Research

Rural medical workforce pathways: exploring the importance of postgraduation rural training time

Matthew R. McGrail, Tiana Gurney, Jordan Fox, Priya Martin, Diann Eley, Bushra Nasir, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan

Open Access Research

Profile of health care workers in a context of instability: a cross-sectional study of four rural health zones in eastern DR Congo (lessons learned)

Charles Ruhangaza Mushagalusa, Daniel Garhalangwanamuntu Mayeri, Bertin Kasongo, Aimé Cikomola, Sammuel Lwamushi Makali, Amani Ngaboyeka, Lili Chishagala, Albert Mwembo, Abdon Mukalay, Ghislain Balaluka Bisimwa

Open Access Research

Scrutinizing human resources for health availability and distribution in Mozambique between 2016 and 2020: a subnational descriptive longitudinal study

Quinhas Fernandes, Orvalho Augusto, Helena Machai, James Pfeiffer, Marco Carone, Norton Pinto, Naziat Carimo, Isaías Ramiro, Stephen Gloyd, Kenneth Sherr

Open Access Methodology

The anesthesia workforce in Canada: a methodology to identify physician anesthesia providers using health administrative data

Sarah Simkin, Beverley A. Orser, C. Ruth Wilson, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Open Access Research

Motivation and job satisfaction of community health workers in Ethiopia: a mixed-methods approach

Yohannes Ejigu, Netsanet Abera, Werissaw Haileselassie, Negalign Berhanu, Biniyam Tadesse Haile, Frehiwot Nigatu, Nurhan Tewfik, Yibeltal Kiflie, Girmay Medhin, Fasil Walelign, Mekdes Demissie, Setegn Tigabu, Daniel Taddesse, Tegene Legese Dadi, Alula Teklu

Open Access Commentary

Systemic structural gender discrimination and inequality in the health workforce: theoretical lenses for gender analysis, multi-country evidence and implications for implementation and HRH policy

Constance Newman, Alice Nayebare, Ndeye Mingue Ndiate Ndiaye Gacko, Patrick Okello, Abdou Gueye, Sujata Bijou, Selly Ba, Sokhna Gaye, N’deye Coumba, Babacar Gueye, Yankouba Dial, Maimouna N’doye

Open Access Research

Drivers of retention of the HIV workforce transitioned from PEPFAR support to the Uganda government payroll

Henry Zakumumpa, Joseph Rujumba, Marjorie Kyomuhendo, llyse Stempler, Woldekidan Amde

Open Access Editorial

The abiding, hidden, and pervasive centrality of the health research workforce

Paulo Ferrinho, Michael Makanga, Shabnum Sarfraz, Mario Dal Poz

Open Access Review

The roles and involvement of global health partners in the health workforce: an exploratory analysis

Andrea Nove, Onyema Ajuebor, Khassoum Diallo, James Campbell, Giorgio Cometto

Open Access Research

Factors affecting child welfare and protection workers' intention to quit: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Kristel Høie Nilsen, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis, Anita Iversen

Open Access Research

Use it or lose it? Identifying reasons for the low use of psychosocial support by hospital staff

Frank van de Baan, Lieze Poesen, Daan Westra, Bram Fleuren, Dirk Ruwaard, Fred Zijlstra, Rachel Gifford

Open Access Research

Development of the WHO eye care competency framework

Mitasha Yu, Stuart Keel, Silvio Mariotti, Jody-Anne Mills, Andreas Müller

Open Access Research

Continuing professional development (CPD) training needs assessment for medical laboratory professionals in Ethiopia

Endale Hadgu Gebregzabher, Firehiwot Tesfaye, Waqtola Cheneke, Abebe Edao Negesso, Gizachew Kedida

Open Access Research

Doctor of pharmacy as a career option: a cross-sectional study exploring PharmD students and practitioners expectations in Jordan

Suha A. AlMuhaissen, Eman Elayeh, Rawia Sharaydih, Taibah M. Abdullah, Aseel AlShalalfeh, Hatim S. AlKhatib

Open Access Research

A time-motion study of community health workers delivering community-based primary health care in Neno District, Malawi

Moses Banda Aron, Myness Kasanda Ndambo, Fabien Munyaneza, Manuel Mulwafu, Henry Makungwa, Basimenye Nhlema, Emilia Connolly

Open Access Editorial

The layered crisis of the primary care medical workforce in the European region: what evidence do we need to identify causes and solutions?

Giuliano Russo, Julian Perelman, Tomas Zapata, Milena Šantrić-Milićević

Open Access Research

The role of onsite Implanon insertion training for HEWs for sustainable FP programs in Ethiopia: a mixed-method study

Yewondwossen Tilahun, Bekele Belayihun, Luwam Teshome, Habtamu Zerihun, Mengistu Asnake

Open Access Research

Using the integration of human resource management strategies at district level to improve workforce performance: analysis of workplan designs in three African countries

Tim Martineau, Wesam Mansour, Marjolein Dieleman, Patricia Akweongo, Samuel Amon, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Paul Mubiri, Joanna Raven

Open Access Research

Internally versus externally trained residents and fellows hired as attendings at a large integrated healthcare system: a 20-year retrospective study

Stephen M. Wertheimer, Jerad A. Harris, J. Craig Collins, Nancy H. Spiegel, Gary W. Chien

Open Access Research

Changes in work conditions and well-being among healthcare professionals in long-term care settings in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study

Renée A. Scheepers, Thijs van den Broek, Jane Murray Cramm, Harry Finkenflügel, Anna Petra Nieboer

Open Access Review

Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review

Sadra Valiee, Zahra Zarei Jelyani, Mohammad Kia, Ali Jajarmizadeh, Sajad Delavari, Naseh Shalyari, Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh

Open Access Research

Equity and trends in general practitioners’ allocation in China: based on ten years of data from 2012 to 2021

Ruxin Kou, Kangni Mei, Yuqing Bi, Jingwen Huang, Shilan Yang, Kexuan Chen, Wei Li

Open Access Research

Nephrology workforce in China: describing current status and evaluating the optimal capacity based on real-world data

Jingyi Wu, Qing Li, Chenlu Bao, Chao Yang, Pengfei Li, Luxia Zhang

Open Access Research

Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement

Alexandra L. Coria, Areej Hassan, Jui-Yen Huang, Katia C. Genadry, Rashmi K. Kumar, Ayten Sergios, Roseda E. Marshall, Christiana M. Russ

Open Access Research

Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district

Lucia D’Ambruoso, Nana Akua Abruquah, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter

Open Access Methodology

A novel approach to estimate the impact of health workforce investments on health outcomes through increased coverage of HIV, TB and malaria services

Tim A. Bruckner, Tracy K. Lin, Jenny Liu, Olga Bornemisza, Onyema Ajuebor, Khassoum Diallo, Giorgio Cometto

Open Access Research

Doctors’ alertness, contentedness and calmness before and after night shifts: a latent profile analysis

Maarten P. M. Debets, Fokkedien H. M. P. Tummers, Milou E. W. M. Silkens, Coen R. H. Huizinga, Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts, Koen E. A. van der Bogt

Open Access Research

Integrating competency analysis into national rehabilitation workforce evaluation: a case study

Jody-Anne Mills, Weronika Krzepkowska, Alarcos Cieza, Paloma Cuchi, Pascal Zurn, Stephanie Doris Short, James W. Middleton

Open Access Research

Resident physician duty hours, resting times and European Working Time Directive compliance in Spain: a cross-sectional study

D. A. Sanchez Martinez, J. P. Carrasco Picazo, P. D. Estrella Porter, R. Ruiz-Montero, A. H. Aginagalde Llorente, E. García-Camacho, J. Navarro, A. Cerame del Campo

Open Access Research

Design, delivery and effectiveness of health practitioner regulation systems: an integrative review

Kathleen Leslie, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Anne-Louise Carlton, Madhan Balasubramanian, Raha Mirshahi, Stephanie D. Short, Jenny Carè, Giorgio Cometto, Vivian Lin

Open Access Research

Research capacity, motivators and barriers to conducting research among healthcare providers in Tanzania’s public health system: a mixed methods study

James T. Kengia, Albino Kalolo, David Barash, Cindy Chwa, Tuna Cem Hayirli, Ntuli A. Kapologwe, Ally Kinyaga, John G. Meara, Steven J. Staffa, Noor Zanial, Shehnaz Alidina

Open Access Research

Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana

Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Nii Armah Addy, Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Irene Esi Donkoh, Felix A. Botchway, Justice Afrifa, Prince Agyeman, Leticia Awontayami Amaama, Samuel Amoah, Felix B. K. Sorvor, Richard K. D. Ephraim

Open Access Research

Psychosocial status and risk perception among Iranian healthcare workers during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Masoud Moradi, Tahereh Pashaei, Koen Ponnet

Open Access Research

Gender inequity in the medical profession: the women doctors in Spain (WOMEDS) study

Claudia Santucci, Beatriz González López-Valcarcel, Cristina Avendaño-Solá, Mari Carmen Bautista, Carmen Gallardo Pino, Lourdes Lledó García, Elena Martín-Perez, Pilar Garrido López

Open Access Correction

Correction: Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district

Lucia D’Ambruoso, Nana Akua Abruquah, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter

Open Access Review

Systems that evaluate international equivalency in health-related professions: a scoping review with a focus on Canada

Mark Lafave, Yasaman Amannejad, Ulkar Mammadova, Breda Eubank

Open Access Research article

Implementation of policy and management interventions to improve health and care workforce capacity to address the COVID-19 pandemic response: a systematic review

Ana Paula Cavalcante de Oliveira, Mariana Lopes Galante, Leila Senna Maia, Isabel Craveiro, Alessandra Pereira da Silva, Ines Fronteira, Raphael Chança, Giorgio Cometto, Paulo Ferrinho, Mario Dal Poz

Open Access Research

Resilience, sense of danger, and reporting in wartime: a cross-sectional study of healthcare personnel in a general hospital

Sarah Sberro-Cohen, Inbal Amit, Erez Barenboim, Alona Roitman

Open Access Review

Contemporary evidence of workplace violence against the primary healthcare workforce worldwide: a systematic review

Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Hanis Ahmad, Halim Ismail, Naiemy Reffin, David Chan, Faridah Kusnin, Nazaruddin Bahari, Hafiz Baharudin, Azila Aris, Huam Zhe Shen, Maisarah Abdul Rahman

Open Access Research

Factors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Andrew Twineamatsiko, Nathan Mugenyi, Yvonne Nabachwa Kuteesa, Ejalu David Livingstone

Open Access Research

Factors influencing practice choices of early-career family physicians in Canada: a qualitative interview study

Agnes Grudniewicz, Ellen Randall, M. Ruth Lavergne, Emily Gard Marshall, Lori Jones, David Rudoler, Kathleen Horrey, Maria Mathews, Madeleine McKay, Goldis Mitra, Ian Scott, David Snadden, Sabrina T. Wong, Laurie J. Goldsmith

Open Access Research

Factors associated with regional retention of physicians: a cross-sectional online survey of medical students and graduates in Japan

Soichi Koike, Kentaro Okazaki, Akiko Tokinobu, Masatoshi Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Kotani, Hitomi Kataoka

Open Access Review

What is the impact of integrated care on the job satisfaction of primary healthcare providers: a systematic review

Mei Liu, Jian Wang, Jiaxu Lou, Ruonan Zhao, Jiahui Deng, Ziyu Liu

Open Access Research

National Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training needs of pharmacists in Ethiopia

Hamere Tamiru, Solomon Assefa Huluka, Bezawit Negash, Kidu Hailu, Zelalem Tilahun Mekonen

Open Access Research

The faces behind vaccination: unpacking the attitudes, knowledge, and practices of staff of Cameroon’s Expanded program on Immunization

Yauba Saidu, Jessica Gu, Budzi Michael Ngenge, Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, Amani Adidja, Nadege Edwidge Nnang, Nkwain Jude Muteh, Vouking Marius Zambou, Clarence Mvalo Mbanga, Valirie Ndip Agbor, Diaby Ousmane, Andreas Ateke Njoh, Junie Flegere, Demba Diack, Owens Wiwa, Emanuele Montomoli, Sue Ann Costa Clemens, Ralf Clemens

Open Access Research

Evaluating the effectiveness of Uganda’s Supranational TB Reference Laboratory quality management system training program

Nakiwala Dorothy, Benjamini Niringiyimana, Wekiya Enock, Ocung Guido, Kabugo Joel, Adam Isa, Anita Katuramu, Orena Beatrice, Christine Nansubuga Korsah, Lillian Kyomugasho, Denis Oola, Kenneth Musisi, Eunjung Kim, Nayeong Yu, Ruth Kaliisa, Yeni Lee, Bounggui Kim, Ssenyonga Ronald, Noah Kiwanuka, Katamba Achilles, Moses L. Joloba

Open Access Review

Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review

Vincent A. Kagonya, Onesmus O. Onyango, Michuki Maina, David Gathara, Mike English, Abdulazeez Imam

Open Access Research

Nurses’ job preferences for working in deprived areas in Tehran: a discrete choice experiment

Amirmohammad Haddadfar, Sara Emamgholipour, Mohsen Razani, Mohammad Hassan Salehnejad

Open Access Research

The impact of meaning in life and professional happiness on the turnover intention of health care workers: a cross-sectional study from China

Yuting Huang, Huilin Zhang, Zuming Qin, Ying Zou, Zhiling Feng, Jiao Cheng

Open Access Research

Human resource management research in healthcare: a big data bibliometric study

Xiaoping Qin, Yu-Ni Huang, Zhiyuan Hu, Kaiyan Chen, Lin Li, Richard Szewei Wang, Bing-Long Wang

Open Access Review

Professional care workforce: a rapid review of evidence supporting methods of recruitment, retention, safety, and education

Meg E. Morris, Natasha K. Brusco, Rachael McAleer, Stephen Billett, Lisa Brophy, Rosemary Bryant, Leeanne Carey, Amy Conley Wright, Christine East, Marion Eckert, Kristina Edvardsson, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Sally Fowler-Davis, Margarita Frederico, Richard Gray, Doug McCaskie, Carol McKinstry, Rebecca Mitchell, Brian Oldenburg, Nora Shields, Karen Smith, Evelien Spelten, Nicholas Taylor, Claire Thwaites, Suzanne Young, Irene Blackberry

Open Access Research

Health expenditure: how much is spent on health and care worker remuneration? An analysis of 33 low- and middle-income African countries

Hapsatou Toure, Maria Aranguren Garcia, Juana Paola Bustamante Izquierdo, Seydou Coulibaly, Benjamin Nganda, Pascal Zurn