Assessment of human resources for health programme implementation in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries
Hum. resour. health
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The health systems in the Americas region are characterized by fragmentation and segmentation, which constitute an important barrier to expanding coverage, achieving integrated primary health care, and reducing inefficiency and discontinuity of care. An assessment of the human resources for health (HRH) programmes that have been implemented at the country level was developed as part of the measurement of the 20 HRH regional goals for 20072015, adopted in 2007 by the Pan American Sanitary Conference (CSPA).Methods:
The exercise was a combination of academic research and the development/application of an advocacy tool involving policy makers and stakeholders to influence the decision-making in the development, implementation, or change of HRH programmes while building evidence through a structured approach based on qualitative and quantitative information and the exchange and dissemination of best practices.Results:
This paper covers the methodological challenges, as well as a summary of the main findings of the study, which included 15 countries Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama in the Central America, Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in the Andean sub region, and Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in the South Cone. Despite the different contexts, the results showed that the programmes evaluated faced common challenges, such as lack of political support and financial unsustainability.Conclusions:
The evaluation process allowed the exchange and dissemination of practices, interventions, and programmes currently running in the region. A shared lesson was the importance of careful planning of the implementation of programmes and interventions. The similarities in the problems and challenges of HRH among the participating countries highlighted the need for a cooperation programme on the evaluation and assessment of implementation strategies in the Americas region.(AU)Palavras-chave
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05-specialized
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Assunto principal:
Avaliação em Saúde
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Planos e Programas de Saúde
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Mão de Obra em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
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Patient_preference
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum. resour. health
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article