PHA-Exchange> Final Call for papers: Towards a scaling-up of training and education for health workers

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) ruglucia at paho.org
 EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

  *Towards a scaling-up of training and education for health workers*

*Joint call for papers for special issue of the journals:*

*American Journal of Public Health* ( *www.ajph.org* <http://www.ajph.org/> )

*Archives of Iranian Medicine* (
*http://www.ams.ac.ir/AIM/index.html*<http://www.ams.ac.ir/AIM/index.html>)

*Croatian Medical Journal* ( *www.cmj.hr* <http://www.cmj.hr/> )
*Education for Health* (
*www.educationforhealth.net*<http://www.educationforhealth.net/>)

*International Nursing Review* (
*www.blackwellpublishing.com/inr*<http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/inr>
)

*Leadership in Health Services* ( *
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/211*<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/211>)

*Revista Brazileira de Educação Médica* (
*www.educacaomedica.org.br.htm*<http://www.educacaomedica.org.br.htm/>)

*New Zealand Medical Journal* (
*www.nzma.org.nz/journal*<http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal> )

*Nursing Ethics* ( *www.sagepub.co.uk* <http://www.sagepub.co.uk/>)
*Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing *(*
www.uff.br/objnursing*<http://www.uff.br/objnursing>)

*Open Medicine* ( *www.openmedicine.ca* <http://www.openmedicine.ca/> )
*Papua New Guinea Medical Journal* (
*http://www.pngimr.org.pg/medicaljournals.htm
* <http://www.pngimr.org.pg/medicaljournals.htm>)
*PLoS Medicine* (**** ***www.plosmedicine.org***<http://www.plosmedicine.org/>
**)
*Progress in Community Health Partnerships* (
*pchp.press.jhu.edu*<http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships>
)* *
*Public Health* ( *http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/pubh/
*<http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/pubh/>)

*South African Medical Journal* (
*www.journals.co.za/sama/m_samj.html*<http://www.journals.co.za/sama/m_samj.html>)

*Sudanese Journal of Public Health* (*
http://www.sjph.net.sd*<http://www.sjph.net.sd/>)




*Human Resources for Health Journal:
**www.human-resources-health.com*<http://www.human-resources-health.com/>

WHO* Human Resources for Health* are leading an international joint special
issue which is now accepting papers addressing the critical need for a
skilled, sustainable health workforce in the developing world. Submitted
articles must fall under the broad theme:

The World Health Report 2006,* Working together for health*, recognized the
centrality of the health workforce for the effective operation of country
health systems and outlined proposals to tackle a global shortage of
4.3million health workers. There is increasing evidence that that this
shortage
is interfering with efforts to achieve international development goals,
including those contained in the Millenium Declaration and those of WHO's
priority programmes.

The health workforce crisis in developing countries derives principally from
inadequate educational opportunities for health workers and a lack of
relevance of their training to community health care practice.  Additional
contributing factors include: inadequate compensation and working
conditions, the deteriorating health of the workforce in many developing
countries, urban/rural and workforce imbalance, and migration of the
workforce from developing to developed countries.

*We are seeking manuscripts which concern the scaling-up of training and
education for health workers. Possible sub-themes include, but are not
limited to: *

    - private sector engagement
      - regulatory frameworks for education and practice
      - labour market dynamics after the production of health workers
      (e.g. retention)
      - training teams rather than individuals
      - skills mix
      - multi-skilled workers, responsive to exiting needs
      - task-shifting / role substitution
      - competency-based education and training

*Examples of questions that could be considered are:*

    - What ongoing efforts to increase graduate level primary care
      training have been established in developing countries. What has
been their
      impact and what have been their problems?
      - What effective strategies have been developed and tested for
      customizing the workforce skill mix to local health service needs?  For
      example, what impact have recent health sector reforms had on the local
      health workforce?
      - What is the status of existing efforts to train health workers
      using innovative methods, including distance learning and
various forms of
      information technology?  How will training by protocol differ from, and
      complement, traditional community health worker training?
      - How can the health professional training be better aligned
      with local health needs and be more socially accountable?
      - What is the status of existing collaborations between
      developing countries aiming to improve health worker education?
      - How have modifications in healthcare management had an impact
      upon health workforce capacity at the local level?

 Papers will be accepted in two formats:

Full papers of 3000 words or less for policy and research papers
Brief communications of less than 1200 words: better suited to program or
project descriptions or commentaries.

Planned publication will be for a period of several months, starting from
June 2008. There will be an online facility to respond to published articles
in order to accommodate a live debate.

*If you would like to submit either an article or brief*,* please send us a*
* provisional title and a short outline of the major topics you would
address. *

*Proposals for manuscripts are due by 15 September 2007 and should be
submitted by e-mail to* *hrhspecial at who.int* <hrhspecial at who.int>*.
Instructions for submission of articles will then be provided with feedback.
Final manuscripts are due by 30 November 2007. *



*Daniel M. P. Shaw* Managing Editor, Human Resources for Health online
Journal
Department of Human Resources for Health (HRH) - Health Systems and Services
(HSS)
World Health Organization (WHO)
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 791 1458 e-mail: *shawd at who.int* <shawd at who.int>   URL: *
http://www.human-resources-health.com/*<http://www.human-resources-health.com/>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20070913/27383e06/attachment-0001.html>