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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819702303321

Titolo

Assessing financing, education, management and policy context for strategic planning of human resources for health / / Thomas Bossert ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2007

ISBN

92-4-068284-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

86 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BossertThomas J

Disciplina

331.76161

Soggetti

Medical assistance, American

Medical personnel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Status of human resources for health -- pt. 2. Policy levers affecting human resources for health -- pt. 3. Health workforce policy development.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains a method for assessing the financial, educational and management systems and policy context, essential for strategic planning and policy-development for human resources for health.  This tool has been developed as an evidence-based comprehensive diagnostic aid to inform policy-making in low and middle income countries in regards to human resources for health.  It does so in three stages by assessing the current status of the health workforce and capacities for health workforce policy implementation with a particular focus on four aspects--finance, education, management, and policy-making; by identifying priority requirements and actions based on the current status of the health workforce and by showing how to sequence policies and draw up a prioritized action plan for human resources for health.  This tool is designed as an initial diagnostic instrument to be used in a process of developing a national strategic plan on human resources for health.  It helps to provide a rapid initial assessment and a preliminary strategic plan as part of a longer-term and sustained process of human resources planning.  It is not intended to assess the appropriateness of a workforce's skills mix or the technical quality of pre-service curricula, which are the subjects of several other



assessment tools . Rather, it focuses on determining--and providing sequenced recommendations to improve upon--system capacities to increase the effectiveness of the health workforce.--Publisher's description.