Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas
The lack of health workers in remote and rural areas is a worldwide concern. Many countries have proposed and implemented interventions to address this issue, but very little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions and their sustainability in the long run. This paper provides an analy...
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| description | The lack of health workers in remote and rural areas is a worldwide concern. Many countries have proposed and implemented interventions to address this issue, but very little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions and their sustainability in the long run. This paper provides an analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to attract and retain health workers in remote and rural areas from an impact evaluation perspective. It reports on a literature review of studies that have conducted evaluations of such interventions. It presents a synthesis of the indicators and methods used to measure the effects of rural retention interventions against several policy dimensions such as: attractiveness of rural or remote areas, deployment/recruitment, retention, and health workforce and health systems performance. It also discusses the quality of the current evidence on evaluation studies and emphasizes the need for more thorough evaluations to support policy-makers in developing, implementing and evaluating effective interventions to increase availability of health workers in underserved areas and ultimately contribute to reaching the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4dd717e3f7e34cc8be2c85d7d3598c182024-03-02T17:57:18ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-96862010-05-01885379385S0042-96862010000500016Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areasCarmen Dolea0Laura Stormont1Jean-Marc Braichet2World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe lack of health workers in remote and rural areas is a worldwide concern. Many countries have proposed and implemented interventions to address this issue, but very little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions and their sustainability in the long run. This paper provides an analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to attract and retain health workers in remote and rural areas from an impact evaluation perspective. It reports on a literature review of studies that have conducted evaluations of such interventions. It presents a synthesis of the indicators and methods used to measure the effects of rural retention interventions against several policy dimensions such as: attractiveness of rural or remote areas, deployment/recruitment, retention, and health workforce and health systems performance. It also discusses the quality of the current evidence on evaluation studies and emphasizes the need for more thorough evaluations to support policy-makers in developing, implementing and evaluating effective interventions to increase availability of health workers in underserved areas and ultimately contribute to reaching the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000500016&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Dolea Laura Stormont Jean-Marc Braichet Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| title | Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas |
| title_full | Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas |
| title_short | Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas |
| title_sort | evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas |
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