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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 …
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Factors contributing to motivation of volunteer community health workers in Ethiopia: the case of four woredas (districts) in Oromia and Tigray regions
BACKGROUND: The use of community health workers (CHWs) has been considered as one of the strategies to address the growing …
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Performance-based financing kick-starts motivational “feedback loop”: findings from a process evaluation in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Performance-based financing (PBF) reforms aim to directly influence health worker behavior through changes to institutional arrangements, accountability structures, and …
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Healthcare workers’ industrial action in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey of Nigerian physicians
BACKGROUND: The Nigerian health system has been plagued with numerous healthcare worker strikes (industrial action) at all levels. The purpose …
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Realities and experiences of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change: evidence from an informal urban settlement in Kisumu, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Community health workers play an important role in health service delivery and are increasingly involved in behaviour change interventions, …
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“If I had known, I would have applied”: poor communication, job dissatisfaction, and attrition of rural health workers in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: Sierra Leone's health outcomes rank among the worst in the world. A major challenge is the shortage of primary …
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“They do not see us as one of them”: a qualitative exploration of mentor mothers’ working relationships with healthcare workers in rural North-Central Nigeria
BACKGROUND: In HIV programs, mentor mothers (MMs) are women living with HIV who provide peer support for other women to …
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Factors associated with retention intentions among Isibindi child and youth care workers in South Africa: results from a national survey
BACKGROUND: Child and youth care workers (CYCWs) are a crucial and growing component of South Africa's national response to HIV …
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Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health …
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Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first contact of the …
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Evaluating the role of clinical officers in providing reproductive health services in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Most sub-Saharan African countries have too few reproductive health (RH) specialists, resulting in high RH-related mortality and morbidity. In …