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Workforce Effectiveness

Holding Health Workers Accountable: Governance Approaches to Reducing Absenteeism

May 2012 by Rachel Deussom, Wanda Jaskiewicz, Sarah Dwyer, and Kate Tulenko
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Technical Brief #3 (PDF)
CapacityPlus Technical Brief #3 (Interactive Version)

Health workforce absenteeism is a serious problem and can greatly diminish the effectiveness of health service delivery. Reducing absenteeism requires a decentralized approach involving broad stakeholder groups to address underlying governance issues and reinforce complementary accountability mechanisms. This technical brief looks at the cost of absenteeism, examines governance issues, describes the various stakeholders, and offers a number of recommendations for strengthening governance to reduce absenteeism.

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TAGS: Absenteeism, Governance, Health Workers, Retention, Workplace Effectiveness

Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Understanding Health Worker Preferences

January 2012 by Wanda Jaskiewicz, Outavong Phathammavong, Phouthone Vangkonevilay, Chanthakhath Paphassarang, Inpong Thong Phachanh, and Laura Wurts
application/pdf iconTechnical Report of DCE in Lao PDR

This technical report presents the results of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) conducted by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Health Organization and CapacityPlus, using CapacityPlus’s rural retention survey toolkit. The DCE surveyed health professional students and health workers practicing in rural provinces to investigate their motivational preferences for potential strategies to increase attraction and retention in the country’s rural and remote settings.

Retaining Health Workers: A Toolkit to Develop Evidence-Based Incentive Packages

January 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconRapid Retention Survey Toolkit Overview

An overview of the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit: Designing Evidence-Based Incentives for Health Workers, intended to allow human resources managers to determine health workers’ motivational preferences.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Incentives, Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Retention

Motivating Health Workers to Serve in Rural Lao PDR

September 2011 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Voices #8

Dr. Chanthakhath Papassarang, Dr. Phouthone Vangkonevilay, and Dr. Outavong Phathammavong describe an effort to assess health workers’ preferences in order to determine the most effective incentives for rural service. Also available in French.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Health Workers, Lao PDR, Motivation, Partnerships, Retention

Motiver les prestataires de soins pour mieux desservir les populations rurales en République démocratique populaire du Laos

September 2011 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconÉchos 8

French translation of Motivating Health Workers to Serve in Rural Lao PDR. Dr. Chanthakhath Papassarang, Dr. Phouthone Vangkonevilay, and Dr. Outavong Phathammavong describe an effort to assess health workers’ preferences in order to determine the most effective incentives for rural service.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Health Workers, Lao PDR, Motivation, Partnerships, Retention

Retention

June 2011 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #1

What will motivate health workers to stay in rural areas? This brief presents an overview of the issue of retention along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. Also available in French and Spanish.

TAGS: Health Workers, Incentives, Motivation, Recruitment, Retention

La rétention du personnel

June 2011 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #1 (French)

Comment motiver les prestataires de soins pour qu’ils restent dans les zones rurales ?

TAGS: Health Workers, Incentives, Motivation, Recruitment, Retention

Retención

June 2011 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #1 (Spanish)

¿Qué motivará a los trabajadores de salud a permanecer en las zonas rurales?

TAGS: Health Workers, Incentives, Motivation, Recruitment, Retention