Journal Articles

Workplace Violence in a Large Correctional Health Service in New South Wales, Australia: A Retrospective Review of Incident Mangement Records

This study aimed to describe the patterns, severity and outcomes of incidents of workplace violence among employees of a large correctional health service, and to explore the help-seeking behaviours of staff following an incident. [from abstract]

Exploration of the Role of Pharmacists within General Practice Clinics: The Protocol for the Pharmacists in Practice Study (PIPS)

The aim of this study is to develop and test a multifaceted practice pharmacist role in primary care practices to improve the quality use of medicines by patients and clinic staff. [from abstract]

Association between Nurse Staffing and Hospital Outcomes in Injured Patients

The enormous fiscal pressures facing trauma centers may lead trauma centers to reduce nurse staffing and to make increased use of less expensive and less skilled personnel. The goal of this study was to examine whether nurse staffing levels and nursing skill mix are associated with trauma patient outcomes. [from abstract]

Pharmacist Educators in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A Qualitative Analysis

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of residents, residency directors and pharmacists within Canadian family medicine residency programs that employ a pharmacist educator to better understand the impact of the role. [from abstract]

Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Alternative Cadres in Community Based Rehabilitation

This systematic review evaluates existing evidence regarding the effectiveness of alternative cadres working in community based rehabilitation in low and middle income countries. [from abstract]

Ten Years of Health Workforce Planning in the Netherlands: A Tentative Evaluation of GP Planning as an Example

This paper explains a simulation model for health workforce planning developed to estimate the required and available capacity of health professionals in the Netherlands over the past ten years. [adapted from abstract]

Impact of Dropout of Female Volunteer Community Health Workers: An Exploration in Dhaka Urban Slums

The study estimates the cost of recruiting and training of community health workers (CHWs), the cost of replacement of CHWs, and forgone services in the community due to CHW dropout. [adapted from abstract]

Development of an Interactive Model for Planning the Care Workforce for Alberta: Case Study

This case study describes the development of a forecasting tool to inform its position on key workforce parameters, focused on modeling the situation for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and health care aides in Alberta. [adapted from abstract]

Narrative Review on the Effect of Economic Downturns on the Nursing Labour Market: Implecations for Policy and Planning

The objectives of this manuscript are to provide an overview of the potential short- and long-run impact of economic downturns on the supply and demand of nurses, and present healthcare decision makers with a framework to enhance their ability to strategically manage their human resources through economic cycles. [from abstract]

Destination of Pacific Island Health Professional Graduates from a New Zealand University

The authors undertook a survey of both resident and non-resident graduates of Pacific ethnicity from health professional undergraduate courses at the University of Otago in New Zealand to examine the retention of these graduates in Pacific communities and factors influencing their choices of destination. [from author]

Taxonomy of Nursing Care Organization Models in Hospitals

This article presents a taxonomy of new operational models of nursing care delivery that maximize the use of available nursing resources while ensuring safe, high-quality care - using the context of acute care units in Quebec and comparing their distinctive features. [adapted from abstract]

Monitoring Inequalities in the Health Workforce: The Case Study of Brazil 1991-2005

Using the case of Brazil, the authors measure changes in inequalities in the distribution of the health workforce and account for the sources of inequalities at sub-national level to identify whether policies have been effective in decreasing inequalities and increasing the density of health workers in the poorest areas between 1991 and 2005. [from abstract]

Strengthening Management and Leadership Practices to Increase Health-Service Delivery in Kenya: An Evidence-Based Approach

The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that strengthening health systems, through improved leadership and management skills of health teams, can contribute to an increase in health-service delivery outcomes. The study was conducted in six provinces in the Republic of Kenya. [from abstract]

Can Primary Health Care Staff be Trained in Basic Life-Saving Surgery?

This article advocates training rural primary health care staff in basic emergency surgery in those areas of South Sudan where there is no access to secondary or tertiary level facilities (i.e. surgical task-shifting). Based on their experience, the authors describe and recommend the type of on-the-job training that they feel is most suitable for this level of staff. [from publisher]

Brain Drain and Health Workforce Distortions in Mozambique

This observational study was conducted to estimate the degree of internal and external brain drain among Mozambican nationals qualifying from domestic and foreign medical schools between 1980–2006. [from abstract]

Augmenting Surgical Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings

This article outlines an educational partnership model designed to increase local capacity for postgraduate education at a Rwandan surgical residency program and to reduce dependence on foreign programs for the training of Rwandan surgeons. [adapted from author]

Medical Students' Characteristics as Predictors of Career Practice Location: Retrospective Cohort Study Tracking Graduates of Nepal's First Medical College

The objective of this study was to determine, in one low income country (Nepal), which characteristics of medical students are associated with graduate doctors staying to practise in the country or in its rural areas. [from abstract]

So Many, Yet Few: Human Resources for Health in India

This paper aims to address provide a more complete picture of India’s health workforce.

Performance of Community Health Workers Under Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illnesses in Eastern Uganda

This study compared the performance of community health workers managing malaria and pneumonia with performance of those managing malaria alone in eastern Uganda and the factors influencing performance. [from abstract]

Task Shifting of Antiretroviral Treatment from Doctors to Primary-Care Nurses in South Africa (STRETCH): A Pragmatic, Parallel, Cluster-Randomised Trial

This article aimed to assess the effects on mortality, viral suppression, and other health outcomes and quality indicators of program for task shifting of antiretroviral therapy from doctors to nurses, which provides educational outreach training for nurses to initiate and represcribe. [adapted from summary]

Performance of Health Workers in the Management of Seriously Sick Children at a Kenyan Tertiary Hospital: Before and after a Training Intervention

This article describes the process and results of an uncontrolled before and after study to explore intervention dose-effect relationships, as clinical practice guidelines were disseminated and training was progressively implemented. [adapted from author]

Evaluation of a Task-Shifting Strategy Involving Peer Educators in HIV Care and Treatment Clinics in Lusaka, Zambia

The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient and staff perceptions regarding whether the peer education program as as part of a task-shifting strategy for HIV care relieved the workload on professional health care workers and delivered services of acceptable quality. [adapted from author]

Does the Positive Influence of an Undergraduate Rural Placement Persist into Postgraduate Years?

The purpose of this study was to test whether or not the effects of a seven week rural undergraduate placement for medical students (which showed positive influence on student attitudes to rural health and their intention to practise in a rural settings) persisted into postgraduate years. [adapted from abstract]

Challenges Confronting Clinicians in Rural Acute Care Settings: A Participatory Research Project

The major aims of this study were to better understand the challenges faced by rural acute care clinicians and the impact of these challenges on their capacity to carry out their roles. A secondary aim was to explore and prioritise strategies to address selected challenges. [from introduction]

Issues Affecting Therapist Workforce and Service Delivery in the Disability Sector in Rural and Remote New South Wales, Australia: Perspectives of Policy-Makers, Managers and Senior Therapist

This article reports the findings of a qualitative study of therapist workforce and service delivery in the disability sector in rural and remote Australia. The aim was to investigate issues of importance to policy-makers, managers and therapists providing services to people with disabilities in rural and remote areas. [from abstract]

Rural Nursing Education: A Photovoice Perspective

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of the innovative research approach called photovoice as an educational strategy to foster learning about and interest in rural locations and rural nursing as future practice settings. [from abstract]

Characteristics of Physicians, Their Migration Patterns and Distance: A Longitudinal Study in Hiroshima, Japan

The authors analyzed the flow of all the clinical physicians in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, with particular attention to migration to rural and distant places to determine effective workforce policies for rural and remote areas. [adapted from introduction]

Occupational Violence against Dental Professionals in Southern Nigeria

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of workplace violence in oral healthcare centres against Nigerian dental professionals. [from abstract]

US Distribution of Physicians from Lower Income Countries

Given concerns regarding the effects of this loss to their countries of origin, the authors undertook a study of international medical graduates from lower income countries currently practicing in the United States. [from abstract]

Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbitiy and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation

This impact evaluation was conducted to assess volunteer community health workers’ effect on child morbidity, mortality and to calculate volunteer retention. [from abstract]