OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Resources for Health is 8. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review	313
The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-regression	309
A global overview of healthcare workers’ turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions	118
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 staff	95
Health care workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	88
Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?	87
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable health workforces	74
Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?	64
Challenges and policy opportunities in nursing in Saudi Arabia	63
Interventions for health workforce retention in rural and remote areas: a systematic review	60
Sustainable workforce: South African Audiologists and Speech Therapists	60
Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study	49
Training in communication skills for self-efficacy of health professionals: a systematic review	48
The experiences of female surgeons around the world: a scoping review	47
Burnout and depression among psychiatry residents during COVID-19 pandemic	39
Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model	35
Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review	32
Regulating health professional scopes of practice: comparing institutional arrangements and approaches in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK	31
WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features	30
Plan, recruit, retain: a framework for local healthcare organizations to achieve a stable remote rural workforce	29
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south	29
Harnessing the digital potential of the next generation of health professionals	28
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 report: findings to drive global policy and practice	27
The cost of health workforce gaps and inequitable distribution in the Ghana Health Service: an analysis towards evidence-based health workforce planning and management	27
Occupational stress and burnout among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional survey in Cadiz (Spain)	27

More public health service providers are experiencing job burnout than clinical care providers in primary care facilities in China	26
Implementation and evaluation of a Project ECHO telementoring program for the Namibian HIV workforce	26
Mentoring the working nurse: a scoping review	26
Workplace violence toward resident doctors in public hospitals of Syria: prevalence, psychological impact, and prevention strategies: a cross-sectional study	24
How should community health workers in fragile contexts be supported: qualitative evidence from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo	24
Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Workforce experience of the implementation of an advanced clinical practice framework in England: a mixed methods evaluation	23
Interplaying role of healthcare activist and homemaker: a mixed-methods exploration of the workload of community health workers (Accredited Social Health Activists) in India	20
Factors associated with increasing rural doctor supply in Asia-Pacific LMICs: a scoping review	20
Current status and related factors of turnover intention of primary medical staff in Anhui Province, China: a cross-sectional study	20
The association between the workload of general practitioners and patient experiences with care: results of a cross-sectional study in 33 countries	19
Stakeholder attitudes to the regulation of traditional and complementary medicine professions: a systematic review	18
Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young professionals in the public health workforce	18
Global trends in medical education accreditation	17
Development of accreditation standards for interprofessional education: a Canadian Case Study	17
Effect of healthcare system reforms on job satisfaction among village clinic doctors in China	16
Inequal distribution of nursing personnel: a subnational analysis of the distribution of nurses across 58 countries	16
Job satisfaction of general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries	16
The effect of an mLearning application on nurses’ and midwives’ knowledge and skills for the management of postpartum hemorrhage and neonatal resuscitation: pre–post intervention study	16
Knowledge, attitude, and preparedness toward IPV care provision among nurses and midwives in Tanzania	15
Human resources for health interventions in high- and middle-income countries: findings of an evidence review	15
Improving health workforce governance: the role of multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms and human resources for health units in ministries of health	15
The effect of breaches of the psychological contract on the job satisfaction and wellbeing of doctors in Ireland: a quantitative study	15
Governance in health workforce: how do we improve on the concept? A network-based, stakeholder-driven approach	15
Midwives’ challenges and factors that motivate them to remain in their workplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo—an interview study	14
Perceived risk and distress related to COVID-19 in healthcare versus non-healthcare workers of Pakistan: a cross-sectional study	14
Contested notions of challenges affecting Community Health Workers in low- and middle-income countries informed by the Silences Framework	14
Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review	14
Trend and equity of general practitioners’ allocation in China based on the data from 2012–2017	14
Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study	14
Exploring the role of shift work in the self-reported health and wellbeing of long-term and assisted-living professional caregivers in Alberta, Canada	13
Assessing the staffing needs for primary health care centers in Cross River State, Nigeria: a workload indicators of staffing needs study	13
The current status of gender equity in medicine in Korea: an online survey about perceived gender discrimination	13
Medical education interventions influencing physician distribution into underserved communities: a scoping review	13
Nurses in advanced roles as a strategy for equitable access to healthcare in the WHO Western Pacific region: a mixed methods study	13
Interprofessional collaboration and barriers among health and social workers caring for older adults: a Philippine case study	13
A systematic mapping review of factors associated with willingness to work under emergency condition	13
An analysis of the services provided by community health workers within an urban district in South Africa: a key contribution towards universal access to care	12
Management of burnout among the staff of primary care centres in Spain during the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2	12
Shaping applied epidemiology workforce training to strengthen emergency response: a global survey of applied epidemiologists, 2019–2020	12
Increasing doctors working in specific rural regions through selection from and training in the same region: national evidence from Australia	12
Participation of women in the health workforce in the fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review	12
Establishing voluntary certification of community health workers in Arizona: a policy case study of building a unified workforce	11
Modern work patterns of “classic” versus millennial family doctors and their effect on workforce planning for community-based primary care: a cross-sectional survey	11
Attracting and retaining physicians in less attractive specialties: the role of continuing medical education	11
Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries	11
Regulating the health workforce in Europe: implications of the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Experiences of a new cadre of midwives in Bangladesh: findings from a mixed method study	11
An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in Africa: implications for scaling-up capacity and quality	11
Preferences of physicians for public and private sector work	11

Co-developing an integrated primary care workforce planning approach at a regional level: overarching framework and guiding principles	11
The physiotherapy workforce in the Brazilian Unified Health Care System	11
A review of the continuous professional development system for pharmacists	11
Implications for health system reform, workforce recovery and rebuilding in the context of the Great Recession and COVID-19: a case study of workforce trends in Ireland 2008–2021	10
Why do graduates choose to work in a less attractive specialty? A cross-sectional study on the role of personal values and expectations	10
Global experiences in health workforce policy, planning and management using the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method, and way forward	10
Education policies to increase rural physicians in Japan: a nationwide cohort study	10
COVID-19 and doctor emigration: the case of Ireland	10
Task-shifting directly observed treatment and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis injection administration to lay health workers: stakeholder perceptions in rural Eswatini	10
Diversifying the health workforce: a mixed methods analysis of an employment integration strategy	10
Tools for measuring medical internship experience: a scoping review	10
What do we mean by individual capacity strengthening for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic scoping review to improve conceptual clarity	10
Health workforce strategies in response to major health events: a rapid scoping review with lessons learned for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Physician emigration from Nigeria and the associated factors: the implications to safeguarding the Nigeria health system	9
Increasing the availability of health workers in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of rural pipeline programmes	9
Turnover among Australian general practitioners: a longitudinal gender analysis	9
Variations in regulations to control standards for training and licensing of physicians: a multi-country comparison	9
Job satisfaction among Syrian healthcare workers in refugee health centres	9
Outcomes, mechanisms and contextual factors of positive psychology interventions for health workers: a systematic review of global evidence	9
Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape	9
Increasing access to health workers in rural and remote areas: what do stakeholders’ value and find feasible and acceptable?	9
Health professional regulation in historical context: Canada, the USA and the UK (19th century to present)	9
Looking back to look forward: a review of human resources for health governance in South Africa from 1994 to 2018	9
The effectiveness of supervision strategies to improve health care provider practices in low- and middle-income countries: secondary analysis of a systematic review	9
Interprofessional collaboration among health professionals in cleft lip and palate treatment and care in the public health sector of South Africa	9
Situational analysis and reflections on the introduction of advanced practice nurses in Brazilian primary healthcare	9
A cross-sectional study on preferred employment settings of final-year nursing students in Israel	9
Because they’re worth it? A discussion paper on the value of 12-h shifts for hospital nursing	8
Factors associated with the rural and remote practice of medical workforce in Maluku Islands of Indonesia: a cross-sectional study	8
Radiotherapy in the Caribbean: a spotlight on the human resource and equipment challenges among CARICOM nations	8
Determining staffing standards for primary care services using workload indicators of staffing needs in the Philippines	8
The regulation of healthcare professions and support workers in international context	8
The impact of colonial-era policies on health workforce regulation in India: lessons for contemporary reform	8
A systematic review of the profile and density of the maternal and child health workforce in China	8
Barriers to surgery performed by non-physician clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa—a scoping review	8
Task-sharing to support paediatric and child health service delivery in low- and middle-income countries: current practice and a scoping review of emerging opportunities	8
Factors associated with the recruitment of foreign nurses in Japan: a nationwide study of hospitals	8
Regulation of non-conventional therapies in Portugal: lessons learnt for strengthening human resources in health	8
Interprofessional education-relevant accreditation standards in Canada: a comparative document analysis	8
Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries	8
Evaluating medical education regulation changes in Brazil: workforce impact	8
Job preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students in China: a discrete choice experiment	8
Are health care assistants part of the long-term solution to the nursing workforce deficit in Kenya?	8
Retention of healthcare workers 1 year after recruitment and deployment in rural settings: an experience post-Ebola in five health districts in Guinea	8
Work-life interface and intention to stay in the midwifery profession among pre- and post-clinical placement students in Canada	8
Assessing the mental effects of COVID-19-related work on depression among community health workers in Vietnam	8
The prevalence of turnover intention and influencing factors among emergency physicians: a national observation	8
Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
How can human resources for health interventions contribute to sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn healthcare quality across the continuum in low- and lower-middle-income countries? A systemat	8
Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico	8
Approaches to motivate physicians and nurses in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review	8