Human Resources for Health Policies : A Critical Component in Health Policies

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dc.creatorDussault, Gilles
dc.creatorDubois, Carl-Ardy
dc.date2013-05-30T15:40:49Z
dc.date2013-05-30T15:40:49Z
dc.date2004-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:24:53Z
dc.descriptionIn the last few years, increasing attention has been paid to the development of health policies. But side by side with the presumed benefits of policy, many analysts share the opinion that a major drawback of health policies is their failure to make room for issues of human resources. Current approaches in human resources suggest a number of weaknesses: a reactive, ad hoc attitude towards problems of human resources; dispersal of accountability within human resources management (HRM); a limited notion of personnel administration that fails to encompass all aspects of HRM; and finally the short-term perspective of HRM. There are three broad arguments for modernizing the ways in which human resources for health are managed: a) the central role of the workforce in the health sector; b) the various challenges thrown up by health system reforms; and c) the need to anticipate the effect on the health workforce (and consequently on service provision) arising from various macroscopic social trends impinging on health systems. The absence of appropriate human resources policies is responsible, in many countries, for a chronic imbalance with multifaceted effects on the health workforce: quantitative mismatch, qualitative disparity, unequal distribution and a lack of coordination between HRM actions and health policy needs. Four proposals have been put forward to modernize how the policy process is conducted in the development of human resources for health (HRH): a) to move beyond the traditional approach of personnel administration to a more global concept of HRM; b) to give more weight to the integrated, interdependent and systemic nature of the different components of HRM when preparing and implementing policy; c) to foster a more proactive attitude among human resources (HR) policy-makers and managers; and d) to promote the full commitment of all professionals and sectors in all phases of the process. The development of explicit human resources policies is a crucial link in health policies and is needed both to address the imbalances of the health workforce and to foster implementation of the health services reforms.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5620059/human-resources-health-policies-critical-component-health-policies
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13688
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/13688
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417874
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationHealth, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCERTIFICATION
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD DISEASES
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDOCTORS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectFINANCING POLICIES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE FINANCING
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE MODELS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE REFORM
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectHEALTH EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHEALTH FOR ALL
dc.subjectHEALTH INFORMATION
dc.subjectHEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectHEALTH ISSUES
dc.subjectHEALTH MINISTRIES
dc.subjectHEALTH NEEDS
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICIES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROFESSIONALS
dc.subjectHEALTH REFORM
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUS
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subjectHEALTH TRENDS
dc.subjectHEALTH WORKFORCE
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINJURIES
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMANAGERS
dc.subjectMEDICAL CARE
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMINISTRIES OF HEALTH
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectNURSING
dc.subjectNURSING CARE
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPHARMACISTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY CARE
dc.subjectPRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFESSIONS
dc.subjectPROJECT CYCLE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectQUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS
dc.subjectVACCINATION
dc.subjectVACCINES
dc.subjectWEIGHT
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONS
dc.titleHuman Resources for Health Policies : A Critical Component in Health Policies

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