HRH Global Resource Center - Deployment

Specialist Services in the Indian Rural Public Health System for Maternal and Child Healthcare – A Study of Four States

Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:36:18 +0000

The present study attempts to examine the role of specialist services in rural public health system of India in the areas of maternal and child healthcare. The study uses primary data collected through a survey of doctors and paramedical staff working at public health facilities regarding availability and quality of the specialist services in gynaecology, paediatrics and anaesthesia.

Ethics Issues and Training Needs of Mental Health Practitioners in a Rural Setting

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:39:12 +0000

The intended goal was to obtain direct feedback about ethical issues and ethical training
needs from practitioners themselves who work in rural settings. Results identified three primary
ethical issues: dual relationships, confidentiality, and competence; and three primary ethical training needs: boundaries, state rules and regulations, and supervision. [from abstract]

Health Providers’ Perspectives on Delivering Public Health Services Under the Contract Service Policy in Rural China: Evidence from Xinjian County

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:44:02 +0000

This study is a rare attempt to explore the perspectives of health providers on the contract service policy, and investigate the demand side’s attitude toward the public health services delivered under the contract policy. This evidence from Xinjian County, Jiangxi Province, the first and most representative pilot site of the contract service, could serve as a reference for policymakers to understand the initial effects of the policy, whereby they can regulate and amend some items before extending it to the whole country. [from abstract]

The Factors that Attract Healthcare Professionals to and Retain Them in Rural Areas in South Africa

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:51:46 +0000

Attracting healthcare professionals (HCPs) to rural areas and retaining them there remains a challenge. Current retention strategies focus on the factors that cause people to leave rural areas, but these strategies continue to fail to retain HCPs in these areas, and the situation in which there is a lack of quality and inadequacy of the type of health services is perpetuated. The literature describes factors that attract healthcare workers to work in rural areas, and this study contributes to a deeper understanding of this. [from abstract]

Rural-Proofing for Health: Guidelines

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:19:55 +0000

A guide to accounting for rural contexts in health policy, strategic planning and resourcing. Addressing the
specific rural health context in policy design, budget allocations and implementation plans is not yet a standard process in South Africa. This guide addresses that, to ensure that “the rural health context” is addressed adequately
when new policies and budgets are drawn up and implemented in the beautiful rural parts of our country. [adapted from resource]

Health Seeking Behaviour and Challenges in Utilising Health Facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:37:44 +0000

The health seeking behaviour of a community determines how they use health services. Utilisation of health facilities can be influenced by the cost of services, distance to health facilities, cultural beliefs, level of education and health facility inadequacies such as stock-out of drugs.
This study will assess the health seeking practices and challenges in utilising health facilities in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda. [from abstract]

Evaluation du Programme d'appui à la Médicalisation des Aires de Santé Rurales au Mali

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:12:09 +0000

L’évaluation avait pour but d’apprécier la pertinence, l’efficacité et la viabilité de ce programme de médicalisation, notamment des stratégies développées pour attirer et maintenir les médecins dans les zones rurales. [from resource]

How The Government Intervention Affects the Distribution of Physicians in Turkey Between 1965 and 2000

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:07:44 +0000

The aim of this study is to analyse the distribution of physicians, GPs and specialists between the years 1965-2000 and the efficiency of the strict 15 year government intervention (1981-1995). [from abstract]

Deepening the Quality of Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making in Rural Hospital Nursing Practice

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:12:15 +0000

Rural acute care nursing requires an extensive breadth and depth of knowledge as well as the ability to quickly reason through problems in order to make sound clinical decisions. This reasoning often occurs within an environment that has minimal medical or ancillary support. Registered nurses (RN) new to rural nursing, and employers, have raised concerns about patient safety while new nurses make the transition into rural practice. [from introduction]

An Investigation of Staff Turnover at a Private Healthcare Provider in the Kavango Region, Namibia

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:42:38 +0000

The study sought to investigate the factors contributing to the high turnover of clinical staff at two Catholic Health Services (CHS) hospitals of Andara and Nyangana in the Kavango region of Namibia. The conceptual framework, factors related to the decision to stay in or leave rural and remote areas, was adapted from Henderson and Tulloch (2008) and guided this study. [from abstract]