Policy

Improved Human Resources for Health Policies and their Effects on the Christian Health Association of Kenya

david — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:21:38 +0000

Author's name:

Alfredo L. Fort, Doris Mwarey, Patrick M. Mbindyo, Ann Yang

November 2015 (All day)

Journal of Public Health in Developing Countries

CapacityPlus conducted an evaluation of Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) facilities that participated in the nationwide adoption by CHAK and the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops of a comprehensive policy on human resources for health (HRH) (supported by USAID through the Capacity Project and subsequently through CapacityPlus and the bilateral Capacity Kenya project). The evaluation confirmed important changes in CHAK's institutional capacity, HRH culture, and management practices.

Advancing Gender Equality in Health Systems

david — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:15:14 +0000

Author's name:

Rachel Deussom, Constance Newman, Alfredo Fort, Laura Hurley, and Alex Collins

September 2015 (All day)

CapacityPlus Legacy Series #7

CapacityPlus developed learning tools to address the challenges of gender inequalities and discrimination in the health workforce and health professional education systems and promote gender-transformative principles in advocacy, policy-making, and program
implementation.

Recruitment of Community Health Workers

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:26:04 +0000

Author's name:

Wanda Jaskiewicz and Rachel Deussom

July 2014 (All day)

Recruitment of Community Health Workers

This chapter by CapacityPlus/IntraHealth International authors appears in MCHIP’s publication, Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs at Scale: A Reference Guide and Case Studies for Program Managers and Policymakers, which provides an in-depth review of issues and questions that should be considered when addressing key issues relevant for large-scale community health worker programs. Chapter 8 considers key questions, recommendations, and challenges for community health worker recruitment planning and implementation, including selection, resource availability, and retention.

Establishing and Using Data Standards in Health Workforce Information Systems

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:27:43 +0000

Author's name:

Dykki Settle, Michael Webba Lwetabe, Amanda Puckett, and Carl Leitner

May 2014 (All day)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #13 (PDF)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #13 (Interactive Version)

Human resources information systems are successful when they support policy and management decisions and when those decisions lead to better health care. However, success depends on the quality of the human resources for health data going into the system. The aim of this technical brief is to convey why data standards matter. The authors review organizational, national, and international data standards that can help ensure data quality, provide country examples, and discuss the key role of multisectoral stakeholder leadership groups in formulating and reaching consensus on standards.

Applying the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) Method in Namibia: Challenges and Implications for Human Resources for Health Policy

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:22:23 +0000

Author's name:

Pamela A. McQuide, Riitta-Liisa Kolehmainen-Aitken, and Norbert Forster

December 2013 (All day)

Human Resources for Health

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the first-ever national application of the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) tool developed by the World Health Organization. The article describes the steps involved in implementing WISN, a human resources management tool, in Namibia, discusses software and data challenges, summarizes key findings relating to health worker shortages and inequities, and reviews the utility of the WISN findings for policy-makers in Namibia. The authors observe that the WISN method can offer credible workload-based evidence to improve the equity and distribution of health workers within a region or across similar types of facilities nationwide. Perhaps most importantly, the WISN tool allows policy-makers to consider the potential impact of decisions on staff requirements before actually making the decisions.

Applying Stakeholder Leadership Group Guidelines in Ghana: A Case Study

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:53:58 +0000

Author's name:

James McCaffery, Amanda Puckett, Kathy Alison, and Paul Marsden

September 2013 (All day)

Applying Stakeholder Leadership Group Guidelines in Ghana

Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana faces health worker shortages, limiting the country’s likelihood of meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Working together with the stakeholders and partners that make up the Ghanaian health care system, CapacityPlus supported the revitalization of the Ghana Health Workforce Observatory to address key human resources for health issues. This case study discusses the steps taken to revitalize the observatory through the application of Guidelines for Forming and Sustaining Human Resources for Health Stakeholder Leadership Groups. Success factors that contributed to the Observatory’s revitalization are highlighted, along with challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Organisations confessionnelles: Utilisation de la gestion des RH pour soutenir le personnel de santé

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:44:46 +0000

Author's name:

Sarah Dwyer

April 2011 (All day)

Échos 5

Le Dr. Samuel Mwenda, le président de la Plateforme des associations sanitaires chrétiennes d’Afrique (ACHAP) et secrétaire général de l’Association sanitaire chrétienne du Kenya, et Doris Mwarey, spécialiste régionale en ressources humaines pour le compte de l’ACHAP, débattent du rôle de la gestion des RH pour les organisations confessionnelles.

Marco de acción de RHS

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:48:55 +0000

Author's name:

Global Health Workforce Alliance, USAID, World Health Organization

June 2011 (All day)

HRH Action Framework (Spanish)

Spanish version of the HRH Action Framework, which is designed to assist governments and health managers to develop and implement strategies to achieve an effective and sustainable health workforce.

Le Cadre d’action RHS

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:47:18 +0000

Author's name:

Global Health Workforce Alliance, USAID, World Health Organization

June 2011 (All day)

HRH Action Framework (French)

Le Cadre d’Action RHS vise justement à aider les gouvernements et les responsables des systèmes de santé à formuler et à mettre en œuvre des stratégies permettant au personnel de santé d’être plus stable et plus performant. Par son approche exhaustive, ce cadre vous aidera, entre autres, à pallier les pénuries de personnel, sa distribution inégale, son manque de compétences, son faible taux de fidélisation et son manque de motivation.

Faith-Based Organizations: Using HR Management to Support Health Workers

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:02:39 +0000

Author's name:

Sarah Dwyer

April 2011 (All day)

CapacityPlus Voices #5

Dr. Samuel Mwenda, chairman of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) and general secretary of the Christian Health Association of Kenya, and Doris Mwarey, ACHAP's regional HR specialist, discuss the role of human resources management for faith-based organizations. Also available in French.

HRH Action Framework: A Comprehensive Approach for Addressing Health Workforce Issues

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:58:01 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

January 2011 (All day)

HRH Action Framework Overview

An overview of the HRH Action Framework, designed to assist governments and health managers to develop and implement strategies to achieve an effective and sustainable health workforce.