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Technical Briefs

HIV Care for Health Workers: Perceptions and Needs

December 2008 by Shannon Galvin, Daniel H. de Vries
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 13

Provides results from a participatory study on health workers' needs for HIV care and makes policy recommendations based on health workers' self-reported information.

TAGS: AIDS, HIV, Nurses

Human Resources for Health: Tackling the Human Resource Management Piece of the Puzzle

December 2008 by Ummuro Adano, Jim McCaffery, Paul Ruwoldt, Barbara Stilwell
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 14

Describes the human resource management (HRM) problems that contribute to the health worker crisis, identifies specific strategic actions to address these HRM challenges and concludes with examples of innovations to stimulate programmatic funding opportunities for strengthening human resources for health.

TAGS: HR Management

An Overview of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection Models

August 2008 by Pamela A. McQuide, Julie Stevens, Dykki Settle
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 12

Provides a rapid review of different health workforce projection approaches with a list of references for more information.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems, Projections, Staffing

Building the Bridge from Human Resources Data to Effective Decisions: Ten Pillars of Successful Data-Driven Decision-Making

August 2008 by Ummuro Adano
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 11

Presents ten fundamental and practical pillars to aid HR managers, practitioners and policy analysts in building a bridge from HR data and reports to effective HR policy and management decisions.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems, Management, Planning

Data Quality Considerations in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening

July 2008 by Samwel Wakibi
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 10

Discusses concepts of data quality and provides examples of the importance of data management specific to the field of human resources for health.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems

Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategic Planning

January 2008 by Tim Martineau, Margaret Caffrey
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 9

Provides guidance on HRH strategic planning, illustrated with examples.

TAGS: Planning

Strengthening Health Professional Associations

February 2007 by Pamela McQuide, Katharine Millonzi, Corinne Farrell
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 8

Discusses various approaches for strengthening professional associations and outlines the benefits and challenges of such efforts.

TAGS: Associations, Nurses

Increasing the Motivation of Health Care Workers

September 2006 by Marc Luoma
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 7

Defines motivation; discusses relationships between motivation, job satisfaction and retention; reviews evidence and considers what works in developing countries.

TAGS: Motivation, Productivity, Retention