The conceptual framework outlined in Fig. 1 was then applied to identify the workforce, leadership and governance strategies described in the studies that had impacted on universal health access for vulnerable populations.
It identified the forces driving the health workforce (health needs, health systems and contextual factors) and the related workforce challenges (numbers, skill mix, distribution and working conditions).
The World Health Organization has identified the shortage of competent health workforce as a major and worldwide problem [ 1].
"This particular situation also identifies the need for sound workforce planning processes, and for councils to identify their staffing needs early to allow appropriate time for advertising and recruitment to fill all vacant posts".
Further analysis of data from WHO's global atlas of the health workforce identifies the countries in Table 2 as having ratios of doctors, nurses and midwives lower than 0.5 per 1000 population.
42 44 Additionally, we are interested in identifying the different impacts that workforce interventions could potentially have, including to knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviour.
Ethiopia had only 0.3 doctors, nurses and midwives per 1000 population when the World Health Organization identified a workforce threshold of 2.3 per 1000 population to achieve high coverage with essential interventions, including those necessary to meet health millennium development goals in 2006 [ 7].
In this study, we sought to identify the trends of the PA workforce from 1980 to 2007, based on the estimates from the USA Census Bureau.
One of her first steps was to conduct "market research" on BT's employees to identify areas where the workforce wanted to dedicate its volunteering energies.
Major international consortiums and initiatives, including the United Nations Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health [ 2] and the United States of America government Global Health Initiative [ 3] have identified health workforce capacity building as a key element in strengthening health systems and for achieving improved health outcomes, particularly for women and children.
