This framework was developed to guide effective capacity building practice within health promotion and contains five domains (Partnerships, Leadership, Resource Allocation, Workforce Development and Organisational Development) [ 4].
33 This framework acknowledges the importance of the following aspects in supporting change within organisations: organisational development; workforce development; resource allocation; and leadership.
1) Document analysis comprised assessment of the documented formative and intervention activities against a capacity building framework (five domains: Partnerships, Leadership, Resource Allocation, Workforce Development, and Organisational Development); 2) Thematic analysis of key informant interviews (n = 16); and 3) the quantitative Community Capacity Index Survey.
An imbalance in allocation of workforce favors urban areas and is exacerbated by internal migration and absenteeism in rural healthcare facilities [ 14].
New South Wales Health's strategy for building capacity to improve health includes three areas for action: organizational development; workforce development; and resource allocation.
Renfrew and colleagues [ 35] suggest that the planning for maternal and newborn care systems can benefit from using the quality framework in planning workforce development and resource allocation.
While appropriate staffing, both quality and quantity, underpins the safety of any clinical service, it is important that there is an evidence base informing workforce planning and resource allocation.
For example, decisions related to program funding or resource allocation, healthcare workforce planning, prevention strategy or delivery model selection, typically comprise strategic-level policy decisions, and these present a clear role for the application of operations research methodologies.
So far, few studies or papers have shown, in a comprehensive manner, what strategy and implementation gaps between Chinese practise and global strategies for the prevention and control of NCDs remain, e.g. specific strategies and measures already taken, health workforce, financial input and allocation, and multisectoral collaboration.
