Format:
Online-Ressource (231 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780821396674
Series Statement:
Directions in Development--Human Development
Content:
Despite some recent successes in Ghana, further improvements in health outcomes are inpart hampered by the lack of skilled service providers, or human resources for health (HRH),particularly in rural areas, where critical health services are needed most. To address thelack of information and guide the development of policies and programs on HRH, TowardInterventions in Human Resources for Health in Ghana: Evidence for Health Workforce Planningand Results aims to paint a comprehensive picture of HRH, consolidating new and existingevidence on the stock, distribution, and performance of h ealth wo
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Cover; Contents; Foreword, The Government of Ghana; Foreword, The World Bank; Acknowledgments; Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; PART I: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 Toward Evidence-Based Interventions for HRH; Health Outcomes and HRH; Objective and Organization of This Book; Conceptual Framework; Boxes; 1.1 Data Featured in This Book; Figures; 1.1 Flow of Individuals into the Health Labor Market: Effect on Stock and Distribution of HRH; Key Findings on Stock, Distribution, and Performance; 1.2 Overview of Key Findings from Appendix B: Preservice Education Capacity
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1.3 Overview of Key Findings from Appendix C: Compensation of Health Workers before and after 2006Toward Evidence-Based Intervention; 1.4 Overview of Key Findings from Appendix A: Decision-Making Authority in HRH by Agency and Level; Conclusion; References; PART II: The HRH Situation; Chapter 2 The Stock of Health Workers; Summary of Findings; Public Sector Health Worker Numbers; Tables; 2.1 Health Employment Agencies and Organizations by Sector; 2.2 Number and Density of Public Personnel at Health Facilities, Selected African Countries with Similar GDP
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2.1 Clinical and Nonclinical Health Workers, Selected African Countries, 20092.3 Numbers and Densities of Clinical Health Cadres, 2009; What Explains the Stock of Health Workers?; 2.2 Number of Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives, 2003-09; 2.3 Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives per 1,000 Population; 2.4 Production of Selected Health Worker Cadres in Ghana, All Schools; 2.4 Student Enrollment by School Type, 2003-07; 2.5 Student Enrollment at the University of Ghana School of Medicine, 1994-2008; 2.6 Applicants and Enrollment at Selected Health-Training Institutions, 2008
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2.5 Training Costs by Health Worker Type2.7 Capacity Weaknesses in Ghana's Training System; 2.8 Attrition Rates among Health Workers, 2004-08; 2.9 Trend and Reasons for Attrition in GHS Facilities, 2002-08; 2.10 Age Distribution of Selected Cadres of Health Workers, 2009; 2.11 Attrition of Doctors and Dentists, 1985-94; 2.12 Intention to Migrate among Health Workers, Selected African Countries, 2003; 2.13 Doctors from Selected African Countries Living Abroad, 1991-2004; 2.14 Destinations of Emigrating Ghanaian Nurses, 2002-05; 2.15 Migration and Attrition of Nurses, 2002-09
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2.16 Migration and Attrition of Physicians, 2002-092.1 Impact of Wage Increases on Outmigration; 2.2 Poaching from U.K. Recruitment Agencies; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 The Distribution of Health Workers; Summary of Findings; Where Ghana's Health Workers Are Employed; 3.1 Public Sector Health Workers by Region and Cadre, 2009; 3.2 Public Sector Health Workers per 1,000 Population by Region and Cadre, 2009; 3.1 CHAG Health Workers by Region, 2009; 3.2 Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives per 1,000 Population by Region, 2009; Reasons for the Uneven Distribution of Health Workers
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3.3 Health Worker Density and Proportion of Assisted Births by Region
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821396681
Additional Edition:
Print version Toward Interventions in Human Resources for Health in Ghana Evidence for Health Workforce Planning and Results
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