Prince Mahidol Award Conference

Building Human Resources for Health Governance and Leadership Capacity at the Country Level: Approaches, Results, and Recommendations

Carol Bales — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:21:04 +0000

Author's name:

Lisa Howard-Grabman

January 2015 (All day)

Building Human Resources for Health Governance and Leadership Capacity at the Country Level

CapacityPlus used three types of leadership approaches—thought leadership, community leadership, and implementing for results leadership—to develop HRH governance and leadership capacity at the country level. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok (January 26–31, 2015), this poster summarizes the results and outputs achieved in the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.

Investing in Health Workforce Education and Training for Expanded Access to Essential Health Services for Underserved Populations

Carol Bales — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:49:46 +0000

Author's name:

Rebecca J. Bailey, Heather Ross, and Kate Tulenko

January 2015 (All day)

Investing in Health Workforce Education and Training for Expanded Access to Essential Health Services

CapacityPlus developed and applied methodologies and instruments to estimate the cost to an educational institution and its affiliated clinical practice facilities of educating a single health worker; identify targeted investments likely to increase production while maintaining the quality of graduates; and strengthen the capacity of school leaders to better manage human, financial, material, and intellectual resources. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok (January 26–31, 2015), this poster highlights methods and findings from costing studies performed at one medical school in South Africa and two nursing and midwifery schools in Ethiopia, as well as broader capacity assessments of 19 Nigerian health professional schools.

Developing a Human Resources for Health (HRH) Effort Index to Measure Country-Level Status in HRH

Carol Bales — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:30:35 +0000

Author's name:

Alfredo L. Fort, Randi Burlew, and Rachel Deussom

January 2015 (All day)

Developing a Human Resources for Health Effort Index to Measure Country-Level Status in HRH

Human resources for health (HRH) are an essential component of health systems and crucial to increased accessibility and quality of services. However, there is a scarcity of HRH indicators and the few that exist are often unreliable, inconsistently related to outcomes, or do not inform on the multidimensional nature of the area. Based on HRH and performance-based frameworks, CapacityPlus and a technical advisory group developed the HRH Effort Index to measure inputs and outputs in HRH. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok (January 26–31, 2015), this poster highlights preliminary results from testing the HRH Effort Index in Kenya and Nigeria.