Human Resources for Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Human Resources for Health is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Predictors of stress among nucleic acid sampling support nurses (NASSNs) during the COVID-19 pandemic208
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south138
Rapid assessment of pre-service midwifery education in conflict settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria and Somalia120
Informing policy with health labour market analysis to improve availability of family doctors in Tajikistan111
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all90
Variations in regulations to control standards for training and licensing of physicians: a multi-country comparison72
Challenges facing the More Doctors program (Programa Mais Médicos) in vulnerable and peri-urban areas in Greater Brasilia, Brazil49
An assessment of existing surge capacity of tertiary healthcare system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan using workload indicators for staffing need method47
An integrated primary care workforce planning toolkit at the regional level (part 1): qualitative tools compiled for decision-makers in Toronto, Canada40
Retention of healthcare workers 1 year after recruitment and deployment in rural settings: an experience post-Ebola in five health districts in Guinea38
Applying WHO COVID-19 workforce estimate tools remotely in an African context: a case report from Mali and Kenya35
The experiences of new graduate nurses and midwives going through a virtual interview recruitment process during the COVID-19 crisis: a cross-sectional study34
Gender composition and wage gaps in the Canadian health policy research workforce in comparative perspective30
Nurses’ steps, distance traveled, and perceived physical demands in a three-shift schedule29
Regulation of non-conventional therapies in Portugal: lessons learnt for strengthening human resources in health26
Implementing care coordination in a large dental care organization in the United States by upskilling front office personnel24
Health workforce needs in Malawi: analysis of the Thanzi La Onse integrated epidemiological model of care23
Correction to: Real wage growth in the U.S. health workforce and the narrowing of the gender pay gap23
Establishment of clinical pharmacy services: evidence-based information from stakeholders23
Trends in the geographic inequality of advanced practice nursing workforce in cancer care in Japan from 1996 to 2022: a panel data analysis22
Research capacity, motivators and barriers to conducting research among healthcare providers in Tanzania’s public health system: a mixed methods study21
The transition of human resources for health information systems from the MDGs into the SDGs and the post-pandemic era: reviewing the evidence from 2000 to 202221
Comparison of depressive symptoms among emergency physicians and the general population in China: a cross-sectional study based on national data21
What are the job attribute preferences of physicians and nurses in Türkiye? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment21
Task-sharing to support paediatric and child health service delivery in low- and middle-income countries: current practice and a scoping review of emerging opportunities20
Correction: The transition of human resources for health information systems from the MDGs into the SDGs and the post-pandemic era: reviewing the evidence from 2000 to 202220
A needs-based methodology to project physicians and nurses to 2030: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia20
Effects of task-shifting from primary care physicians to nurses: an overview of systematic reviews19
Trends in the practice environment of Chinese healthcare professionals from 2008 to 2023: an age period cohort analysis19
A review of the continuous professional development system for pharmacists19
Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study18
Family caregiving experiences of medical school faculty: high prevalence, high strain, and low resource awareness18
Correction: Systems that evaluate international equivalency in health-related professions: a scoping review with a focus on Canada17
Human and financial resource needs for universal access to WHO-PEN interventions for diabetes and hypertension care in Eswatini: results from a time-and-motion and bottom-up costing study17
Evaluating the effectiveness of Uganda’s Supranational TB Reference Laboratory quality management system training program17
The faces behind vaccination: unpacking the attitudes, knowledge, and practices of staff of Cameroon’s Expanded program on Immunization17
Mitigating psychological distress in healthcare workers as COVID-19 waves ensue: a repeated cross-sectional study from Jordan16
Assessing the mental effects of COVID-19-related work on depression among community health workers in Vietnam16
Harnessing peer mentorship as a tool to turn human resource for health brain drain into brain gain: a case study of a Nigerian peer-mentored research group16
Clinical competency of nurses trained in competency-based versus objective-based education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study16
COVID-19 and human resources for health: analysis of planning, policy responses and actions in Latin American and Caribbean countries15
The UK prosthetic and orthotic workforce: current status and implications for the future15
‘You say you are a TB doctor, but actually, you do not have any power’: health worker (de)motivation in the context of integrated, hospital-based tuberculosis care in eastern China15
From pressure in the pipeline to accelerating ascension: a survey to understand professional experiences of and opportunities for Canadian women in the healthcare sector15
Correction: Accreditation as a driver of interprofessional education: the Canadian experience14
Methylphenidate use and misuse among medical residents in Israel: a cross-sectional study14
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review14
Human resource needs and costs for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis provision in nurse-led primary care in Eswatini and opportunities for task sharing14
Equity and trends in general practitioners’ allocation in China: based on ten years of data from 2012 to 202114
Development assistance for human resources for health, 1990–202014
Internally versus externally trained residents and fellows hired as attendings at a large integrated healthcare system: a 20-year retrospective study14
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India13
Willingness to pay for chronic disease management services provided by primary care nurses13
A hole in the bucket? Exploring England’s retention rates of recently qualified GPs13
Changes in work conditions and well-being among healthcare professionals in long-term care settings in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study13
Profile of Chief Medical Officers and performance of health zones in crisis contexts: a cross-sectional study in three provinces of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo13
Characteristics and distribution of respiratory therapy practitioners in Saudi Arabia: national cross-sectional results13
The association between multi-disciplinary staffing levels and mortality in acute hospitals: a systematic review12
Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review12
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana12
Understanding the scope of practice of physician associate/physician associate comparable professions using the World Health Organization global competency and outcomes framework for universal health 12
Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries12
Patterns of health workforce turnover and retention in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in remote communities of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, 2017–201912
Factors associated with the rural and remote practice of medical workforce in Maluku Islands of Indonesia: a cross-sectional study12
Assessing the contribution of immigrants to Canada’s nursing and health care support occupations: a multi-scalar analysis11
Evolution of physician resources in China (2003–2021): quantity, quality, structure, and geographic distribution11
Improving allocative efficiency from network consolidation: a solution for the health workforce shortage11
Effectiveness of interventions by non-professional community-level workers or family caregivers to improve outcomes for physical impairments or disabilities in low resource settings: systematic review11
Prevalence and predictors of workplace violence against emergency physicians in China: a cross-sectional study11
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review11
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study11
Stock-outs of essential medicines among community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic literature review of the extent, reasons, and consequences11
Nurses’ job preferences for working in deprived areas in Tehran: a discrete choice experiment11
Management of burnout among the staff of primary care centres in Spain during the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-211
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture11
“The emotions were like a roller-coaster”: a qualitative analysis of e-diary data on healthcare worker resilience and adaptation during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore11
A novel approach to estimate the impact of health workforce investments on health outcomes through increased coverage of HIV, TB and malaria services11
Coping strategies, resilience and quality of life: reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic among Romanian physicians10
Why are healthcare professionals leaving NHS roles? A secondary analysis of routinely collected data10
The importance and feasibility of hospital interventions to prevent and manage patient aggression and violence against physicians in China: a Delphi study10
Dermatology workforce over a decade in Saudi Arabia: demographics, distributions, and future challenges10
Factors affecting nurses retention during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a systematic review10
Determinants of safety climate at primary care level in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda: a cross-sectional study across 138 selected primary healthcare facilities10
Contextualising the job demands–resources model: a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial work environment across different healthcare professions10
Surge capacity and practice management challenges of Canadian family physicians during COVID-19: a qualitative study10
The association between health workforce availability and HIV-program outcomes in Côte d’Ivoire10
Feasibility and effectiveness of the mindfulness-based stress reduction programs on relieving burnout of healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot randomized controlled trial in China10
Online faculty development in low- and middle-income countries for health professions educators: a rapid realist review10
Primary care providers’ preferences for pay-for-performance programs: a discrete choice experiment study in Shandong China10
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies10
Perceptions of Community Health Workers (CHW) on barriers and enablers to care for people with psychosis in rural Mozambique: findings of a focus group discussion study using the Capability, Opportuni10
Application of workload indicators to assess the allocation of orthopedists in a national referral hospital in Brazil10
“At the mercy of some of the regulations”: the impact of the residency match and return of service requirement on the early-career decisions of international medical graduates in Canada10
Documentation and dissemination of scientific evidence by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program: experiences and lessons learnt, 2015–20209
Because they’re worth it? A discussion paper on the value of 12-h shifts for hospital nursing9
Evidence for recency of practice standards for regulated health practitioners in Australia: a systematic review9
Mutual recognition of qualifications, health workforce migration, and graduate outcomes: a comparative mapping study of undergraduate dental education in Europe9
Three decades of a lesson learned from Thailand: compulsory service for dentist workforce distribution9
Psychosocial work environment in Swedish primary healthcare: a cross-sectional survey of physicians’ job satisfaction, turnover intention, social support, leadership climate and change fatigue9
Job preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students in China: a discrete choice experiment9
Migrant physicians’ choice of employment and the medical specialty general practice: a mixed-methods study9
“Family doctors are also people”: a qualitative analysis of how family physicians managed competing personal and professional responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Scaling severe acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers: a geospatial coverage analysis in rural Mali9
Performance of the Mexican nursing labor market: a repeated cross-sectional study, 2005–20199
Assessing competence of mid-level providers delivering primary health care in India: a clinical vignette-based study in Chhattisgarh state9
Health expenditure: how much is spent on health and care worker remuneration? An analysis of 33 low- and middle-income African countries9
The enhancement of the employer branding strategies of Polish hospitals through the detection of features which determine employer attractiveness: a multidimensional perspective8
Diversifying the health workforce: a mixed methods analysis of an employment integration strategy8
Use it or lose it? Identifying reasons for the low use of psychosocial support by hospital staff8
An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in Africa: implications for scaling-up capacity and quality8
Retention of visa-trainee post-graduate residents in Canada: a retrospective cohort study8
A systematic review of the profile and density of the maternal and child health workforce in China8
Applying the workload indicators of staffing needs method in nursing health workforce planning: evidences from four hospitals in Vietnam8
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Design, delivery and effectiveness of health practitioner regulation systems: an integrative review8
A multimodal mentorship intervention to improve surgical quality in Tanzania’s Lake Zone: a convergent, mixed methods assessment8
Do UK Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) have sufficient guidelines and training to provide telehealth patient consultations?8
Assessment of training and mentoring for DR-TB care decentralization in Tanzania8
Real wage growth in the U.S. health workforce and the narrowing of the gender pay gap8
Assessment of staffing needs for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at primary care units in Brazil using Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method8
Regional inequalities and substitutability of health resources in the Czech Republic: a five methods of evaluation8
Does engagement with frontline health workers improve maternal and child healthcare utilisation and outcomes in India?7
An integrated primary care workforce planning toolkit at the regional level (part 2): quantitative tools compiled for decision-makers in Toronto, Canada7
The anesthesia workforce in Canada: a methodology to identify physician anesthesia providers using health administrative data7
Barriers and facilitators to online medical and nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from international students from low- and middle-income countries and their teaching staff7
Improving health workforce governance: the role of multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms and human resources for health units in ministries of health7
The impact of meaning in life and professional happiness on the turnover intention of health care workers: a cross-sectional study from China7
Exploring healthcare workers’ perceptions of child health research at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi: an interpretative phenomenological analysis7
Attracting and retaining physicians in less attractive specialties: the role of continuing medical education7
Profile of health care workers in a context of instability: a cross-sectional study of four rural health zones in eastern DR Congo (lessons learned)7
Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district7
A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators of telemedicine volunteerism during the COVID-19 pandemic in India7
Measuring attentiveness toward oral care needs: a comparative study of Indonesian care workers in Japan and Indonesia7
Impact of compensation and willingness to keep same career path on burnout among long-term care workers in Japan7
Health professionals’ licensing: the practice and its predictors among health professional hiring bodies in Ethiopia7
Factors affecting job choice among physician anesthesia providers in Uganda: a survey of income composition, discrete choice experiment, and implications for the decision to work rurally7
Building health systems resilience in Central Asia through nursing and midwifery: evidence to inform policy action7
Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers’ preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance retention: a qualitative study in Kilif7
Systems that evaluate international equivalency in health-related professions: a scoping review with a focus on Canada7
Correction: Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries7
Increasing the availability of health workers in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of rural pipeline programmes6
Equivalence between physicians and associate clinicians in the frequency of iatrogenic urogenital fistula following cesarean section in Tanzania and Malawi6
Evaluation of the first two Frontline cohorts of the field epidemiology training program in Guinea, West Africa6
Approaches to locum physician recruitment and retention: a systematic review6
Love over gold and mind over matter? Identifying capabilities that preserve medical assistants’ sustainable employability6
Lessons learned from the history of postgraduate medical training in Japan: from disease-centred care to patient-centred care in an aging society6
Participation of women in the health workforce in the fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review6
The physiotherapy workforce in the Brazilian Unified Health Care System6
Implementing a health labour market analysis to address health workforce gaps in a rural region of India6
Prevalence and determinants of physical violence against doctors in Bangladeshi tertiary care hospitals6
Perceived risk and distress related to COVID-19 in healthcare versus non-healthcare workers of Pakistan: a cross-sectional study6
Assessing the staffing needs for primary health care centers in Cross River State, Nigeria: a workload indicators of staffing needs study6
Deconcentrating regulation in low- and middle-income country health systems: a proposed ambidextrous solution to problems with professional regulation for doctors and nurses in Kenya and Uganda6
Education policies to increase rural physicians in Japan: a nationwide cohort study6
Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape6
Increasing nursing student interest in rural healthcare: lessons from a rural rotation program in Democratic Republic of the Congo6
How to ensure an appropriate oral health workforce? Modelling future scenarios for the Netherlands6
Mapping the needs of healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients using the socio-ecological framework: a rapid scoping review6
Effectiveness of eLearning programme for capacity building of healthcare professionals: a systematic review6
Situational analysis and reflections on the introduction of advanced practice nurses in Brazilian primary healthcare6
Burnout and depression among psychiatry residents during COVID-19 pandemic6
Ophthalmology workforce over a decade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: demographics, distribution, and future challenges6
The abiding, hidden, and pervasive centrality of the health research workforce5
The rules of scientific rigor: response to Shirzad and Abbassian5
Development of the WHO eye care competency framework5
Impact assessment of the medical practice assisting (MPA) program in general practice in the hunter New England and central coast regions of Australia5
How long does it take patients to find a new primary care physician when theirs retires: a population-based, longitudinal study5
An equitable and sustainable community of practice framework to address the use of artificial intelligence for global health workforce training5
Building global capacity for COVID-19 vaccination through interactive virtual learning5
What makes community health worker models for tuberculosis active case finding work? A cross-sectional study of TB REACH projects to identify success factors for increasing case notifications5
Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement5
Effect of doctor allocation policies on the equitable distribution of doctors in Thailand5
Competitive employer positioning through career path analysis: the case of the Swiss nursing sector5
Professional care workforce: a rapid review of evidence supporting methods of recruitment, retention, safety, and education5
Resilience, sense of danger, and reporting in wartime: a cross-sectional study of healthcare personnel in a general hospital5
Frontline healthcare workers’ mental distress, top concerns, and assessment on hierarchy of controls in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey study5
Interactions of depression, anxiety, and sleep quality with menopausal symptoms on job satisfaction among middle-aged health workers in England: a STROBE-based analysis5
Critical care pharmacy workforce: a 2020 re-evaluation of the UK deployment and characteristics5
National Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training needs of pharmacists in Ethiopia5
Leveraging community health workers as vaccinators: a case study exploring the role of Malawi’s Health Surveillance Assistants in delivering routine immunization services5
Promotion or prevention: regulatory foci as moderators in the job demands–resources model5
Factors associated with regional retention of physicians: a cross-sectional online survey of medical students and graduates in Japan5
Inequal distribution of nursing personnel: a subnational analysis of the distribution of nurses across 58 countries4
Estimating staffing requirements using workload indicators of staffing need at Braun District Hospital in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea4
Correction: Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district4
Global accreditation practices for accelerated medically trained clinicians: a view of five countries4
Complexities of health and care worker migration pathways and corresponding international reporting requirements4
Evaluation of a continuing professional development strategy on COVID-19 for 10 000 health workers in Ghana: a two-pronged approach4
Factors affecting the quality of working life among nurses caring for Syrian refugee camps in Jordan4
The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) workforce in Canada: a mixed methods study4
Integrating competency analysis into national rehabilitation workforce evaluation: a case study4
Leadership in HRH: remembering the future?4
Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young professionals in the public health workforce4
Retention of knowledge and clinical competence among Ugandan mid-level health providers 1 year after intensive clinical mentorship in TB and HIV management4
Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review4
Pre-service medical education course completion and drop-out rates4
Forecast accuracy of demand for registered nurses and its determinants in South Korea4
Characterizing worker compensation claims in long-term care and examining the association between facility characteristics and severe injury: a repeated cross-sectional study from Alberta, Canada4
The layered crisis of the primary care medical workforce in the European region: what evidence do we need to identify causes and solutions?4
Hesitancy among Iranian nursing students regarding future career trajectory: a qualitative analysis4
Physician assistants/associates in psychiatry: a workforce analysis4
Correction to: WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features4
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