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iHRIS Qualify: A Tool for Tracking Health Professionals and Their Qualifications

May 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconiHRIS Qualify Overview

An overview of iHRIS Qualify, the health professional training, licensing, and certification component of the iHRIS Suite.

TAGS: Certification, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Licensure, Planning, Training

Differences in Preferences for Rural Job Postings between Nursing Students and Practicing Nurses: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

May 2013 by Peter C. Rockers, Wanda Jaskiewicz, Margaret E. Kruk, Outavong Phathammavong, Phouthone Vangkonevilay, Chanthakhath Paphassarang, Inpong Thong Phachanh, Laura Wurts, and Kate Tulenko
Human Resources for Health

A discrete choice experiment was conducted to investigate preferences for job characteristics among nursing students and practicing nurses to understand whether differing policies may be appropriate for each group. Data were collected from 256 nursing students and 249 practicing nurses. For both groups, choice of job posting was strongly influenced by salary and direct promotion to permanent staff. As compared to nursing students, practicing nurses had significantly lower preference for housing allowance and housing provision as well as lower preference for provision of transportation for work and personal use. Findings suggest that it may be important to differentiate between recruitment and retention policies when addressing human resources for health challenges in developing countries, such as Lao PDR.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Health Workers, Lao PDR, Nurses, Recruitment, Retention, Rural

Bridges to Health Worker Employment

April 2013 by CapacityPlus
Bridges to Health Worker Employment

Twelve suggestions that health professional schools, ministries of health, employer councils, and others can implement to shorten the time between graduation and employment.

TAGS: Certification, Employment, Licensure, Preservice Education

Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Training Institutions: Challenges and Progress

April 2013 by Heather Ross, Rebecca Bailey, Paul Marsden, and Samuel Ngobua
application/pdf iconNigeria’s Primary Health Care Training Institutions: Challenges and Progress

Nigeria is one of 57 countries defined by the World Health Organization as having a critical shortage of health workers. CapacityPlus undertook an assessment of Nigerian midwifery, health technology, and nursing schools to better understand the progress and challenges in producing greater numbers of competent and qualified health providers. Nineteen schools were assessed through focus group interviews and on-site evaluations. Presented at the 9th Annual Physician Workforce Research Conference in Alexandria, VA on May 2-3, 2013, this poster depicts the challenges that health care training institutions face in Nigeria, along with recommendations to overcome these challenges.

TAGS: Education and Training, Health Workers, Nigeria

Outils de rétention des prestataires en milieu rural

March 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconOutils de rétention des prestataires en milieu rural

Beaucoup de pays éprouvent des difficultés à attirer et à retenir un nombre et des types de prestataires de soins suffisants capables de dispenser des services de qualité en milieu rural et dans les zones éloignées. Pour faciliter l’appropriation des approches au niveau des pays et plaider pour l’utilisation de données dans le cadre de la prise de décision, le projet CapacityPlus financé par l’USAID a développé deux outils : les outils d’enquête de rétention rapide et le logiciel iHRIS Retain qui va de pair avec ce document et qui a été développé en collaboration avec l’Organisation mondiale de la santé.

TAGS: French, Health Workers, HR Information Systems, Retention

Transforming Health Worker Education: Implementing Options to Eliminate Gender Discrimination

March 2013 by Crystal Ng, Constance Newman, and Sara Pacqué-Margolis
application/pdf iconTransforming Health Worker Education Poster

CapacityPlus compiled and analyzed literature on gender discrimination in higher education, including health worker preservice education. Additional information was gathered by contacting institution staff and reviewing institutional websites. Presented at the 4th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference in Washington, DC on March 14–16, 2013, this poster summarizes the review and recommends several key actions that stakeholders can take at institutional and governmental levels to counter gender discrimination.

TAGS: Education and Training, Gender, Health Workers

Creating an Enabling Environment for Human Resources for Health Program Implementation in Three African Countries

February 2013 by Carie Muntifering Cox, Corinne Mahoney Farrell, Crystal Ng, Randi Burlew, and Sara Pacqué-Margolis
application/pdf iconCreating an Enabling Environment for HRH Program Implementation

Over the past decade, global and national health leaders have increasingly recognized the importance of investing in human resources for health (HRH) in order to scale up service delivery and meet the Millennium Development Goals. This prioritization has resulted in increased attention to and funding for HRH. Despite these advances, insufficient progress has been made in implementing HRH interventions to improve access to qualified health workers. Therefore, this qualitative study was conducted to determine the factors that define the enabling environment for successful implementation of HRH interventions in three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

TAGS: Health Workers, Human Resources for Health, Kenya, Resources, Tanzania, Uganda

Human Resources for Health Professional Development at the District Level: Recommendations Based on the Ugandan Experience

February 2013 by Wilma Gormley and James McCaffery
application/pdf iconHRH Professional Development at the District Level

Many countries have committed to a process of decentralizing a range of human resources for health (HRH) responsibilities, decisions, and authorities to subnational or district levels. Such decentralization requires political and organizational adjustments in the way the health care workforce is managed at the subnational level. Health leaders and managers in a decentralized system need to be skilled in such areas as workforce planning, recruitment, deployment, performance management, and retention. Uganda is one country that has embarked on a program to strengthen HRH leadership and management at the district level. This report shares lessons learned from Uganda and—using this experience as a foundation—offers selected suggestions for how other countries might develop and implement HRH professional development programs at subnational levels.

TAGS: Health Systems Strengthening, HR Management, Leadership, Policy and Planning