Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas

L Grobler, BJ Marais… - Cochrane database of …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The inequitable distribution of health professionals, within countries, poses an
important obstacle to the optimal functioning of health services. Objectives To assess the …

[KNIHA][B] Retention of the health workforce in rural and remote areas: a systematic review: web annex A: GRADE evidence profiles

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
RETENTION OF THE HEALTH WORKFORCE IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS: A SYSTEMATIC
REVIEW Page 1 RETENTION OF THE HEALTH WORKFORCE IN RURAL AND REMOTE …

The effects of health worker motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

M Bonenberger, M Aikins, P Akweongo… - Human resources for …, 2014 - Springer
Background Motivation and job satisfaction have been identified as key factors for health
worker retention and turnover in low-and middle-income countries. District health managers …

[KNIHA][B] WHO guideline on health workforce development, attraction, recruitment and retention in rural and remote areas

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
With nearly half of the world's population living in a rural or remote area, meeting the health
needs of rural populations, where over 80% of the world's extremely poor live, is imperative …

Health system strengthening—reflections on its meaning, assessment, and our state of knowledge

S Witter, N Palmer, D Balabanova… - … journal of health …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive reviews of health system strengthening (HSS) interventions are rare, partly
because of lack of clarity on definitions of the term but also the potentially huge scale of the …

Patient satisfaction and perceived quality of care: evidence from a cross-sectional national exit survey of HIV and non-HIV service users in Zambia

E Dansereau, F Masiye, E Gakidou, SH Masters… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine the associations between perceived quality of care and patient
satisfaction among HIV and non-HIV patients in Zambia. Setting Patient exit survey …

Career intentions of final year medical students in Uganda after graduating: the burden of brain drain

S Kizito, D Mukunya, J Nakitende, S Nambasa… - BMC medical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Uganda has severe shortage of human resources for health despite the heavy
disease burden. The country has one of the highest fertility, and population growth rates in …

Understanding the psychosocial and environmental factors and barriers affecting utilization of maternal healthcare services in Kalomo, Zambia: a qualitative study

C Sialubanje, K Massar, DH Hamer… - Health education …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This qualitative study aimed to identify psychosocial and environmental factors contributing
to low utilization of maternal healthcare services in Kalomo, Zambia. Twelve focus group …

[HTML][HTML] Newborn mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: why is perinatal asphyxia still a major cause?

F Usman, A Imam, ZL Farouk… - Annals of global health, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this
decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major …

How to do (or not to do)… Measuring health worker motivation in surveys in low-and middle-income countries

J Borghi, J Lohmann, E Dale, F Meheus… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
A health system's ability to deliver quality health care depends on the availability of
motivated health workers, which are insufficient in many low income settings. Increasing …