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2025
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Christy Nishita, Kevin Kawamoto
Strategies for Building a Dementia-Capable Workforce in Hawaiʻi
Health care workers with specialized knowledge and skills to work with people living with symptoms of dementia are needed in all sectors of the health care industry in Hawai’i as the number of people in the population diagnosed with Alzheimer’s...
2025
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Ambareen Main Thompson, Sheikh Mohd Saleem
Closing the mental health gap: transforming Pakistan’s mental health landscape
Pakistan confronts a severe mental health crisis that compels urgent action. Mental disorders constitute a burgeoning global burden, with depression alone accounting for a staggering 4.4% of worldwide Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) [1]. A stark inequity persists, with over 90%...
2025
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Jonas Schoo, Frank Schüssler
Spatial and temporal disparities in general practitioner provision: a 21-year longitudinal analysis from Lower Saxony, Germany
BACKGROUND: Equitable access to general practitioner services remains a persistent challenge for health systems and is critical for reducing health inequalities, particularly between urban and rural regions. Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of primary care provision is vital for...
2025
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Simant Pratap Singh, S. P. Singh
Workforce 2030 and Beyond: Rethinking HR Strategies for Jobs That Haven’t Been Invented Yet
As we approach the year 2030, the nature of work is undergoing a profound transformation fueled by automation, artificial intelligence, demographic evolution, and shifting organizational priorities. Many of the jobs that will exist in the next decade are yet to...
2025
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Zainab Lal, Mayuri Gogoi, Irtiza Qureshi, Amani Al‐Oraibi, Jonathan Chaloner, Padmasayee Papineni, Susie Lagrata, Laura B Nellums, Christopher A. Martin, Katherine Woolf, Manish Pareek, on behalf of the UK-REACH Study Collaborative Group, Laura J. Gray, Laura B Nellums, Anna L. Guyatt, Catherine John, I. C. McManus, Ibrahim Abubakar, Amit Gupta, Avinash Aujayeb, Bindu Gregary, Rubina Reza, Sandra Simpson, Stephen Zingwe, Keith R. Abrams, Martin D. Tobin, Louise V. Wain, Sue Carr, Edward S. Dove, Kamlesh Khunti, David Ford, Robert C. Free
Redeployment and changes in working patterns of healthcare workers during COVID-19 in the UK: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Redeployment was critical in addressing the increased demands of COVID-19 on the healthcare system. Previous research indicates that ethnic minority healthcare workers (HCWs), those on visas, and in junior roles, were more likely to be redeployed to COVID-19 duties...
2025
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Shreela V. Sharma, Heidi McPherson, Jemima C. John, Rosalía Guerrero Cantarell, Sisan B. Tennyson, Deborah Banerjee, Nadia Siddiqui, Sheila Savannah, Peter Durand, Amanda Gao, Sean A. Haley, Elisa Garcia, J Cofer, Adrick Harris
Framework, design, and baseline data of a collective impact initiative to strengthen the Community Health Worker workforce ecosystem in Texas
BACKGROUND: The Health Equity Collective (HEC), a multi-sector systems-level collective impact coalition in the Greater Houston region, partnered with the City of Houston Health Department (HHD) to launch a 2-year effort to implement a comprehensive approach towards strengthening the regional...
2025
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Gafar Alawode, Ayodeji Ajibola, Morohunranti S. Sanusi, Ayomide B. Adewoyin, Kafayat A Alawode
Optimizing the health workforce for Universal Health Coverage: a framework for analysis and action
BACKGROUND: The health workforce or human resources for health (HRH) is the bedrock of an efficient healthcare system, and the consequences of HRH shortage are evident in poor health service delivery. Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have a suboptimal...
2025
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Dilipraj Dongre, Prateek Kanchan
THE FUTURE OF HIRING: IMPACT OF SKILL-BASED HIRING ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING
This paper explores the transformative potential of skill-based hiring as a strategic response to the evolving demands of the global labour market. By shifting the focus from traditional credential-based assessments to dynamic competency evaluations, organizations can foster greater agility, inclusivity,...
2025
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Yosri A. Fahim, Ibrahim W. Hasani, Samer Kabba, Waleed Mahmoud Ragab
Artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine: clinical applications, therapeutic advances, and future perspectives
Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges, including rising costs, workforce shortages, and disparities in access and quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool capable of addressing these issues by enhancing diagnostics,...
2025
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Samuel Mesfin, Tsion Hiwot, Nanati Jemal Aliye, Elham Yimam, Selmy Awad
Equity in the cardiothoracic surgical workforce: addressing training gaps and workforce distribution in Africa– a narrative review
Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) remains one of the least diverse surgical specialties, marked by significant gender and racial disparities. Despite increased medical school enrollment and the inclusion of more women and underrepresented minorities in the medical workforce, the number of locally...
2024
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Jane Osareme Ogugua, Tolulope O Olorunsogo, Muridzo Muonde, Chinedu Paschal Maduka, Olufunke Omotayo
Developing countries’ health policy: A critical review and pathway to effective healthcare systems
This paper provides a concise overview of a comprehensive review exploring the health policies of developing countries, critically assessing their strengths, weaknesses, and proposing pathways towards building effective healthcare systems. In developing countries, health policies play a pivotal role in...
2024
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Jennifer E. Gallagher, Grazielle C. Mattos Savage, Sarah C. Crummey, Wael Sabbah, Yuka Makino, Benoît Varenne
Health workforce for oral health inequity: Opportunity for action
Oral health is high on the global agenda following the adoption of the 2022 global strategy on oral health at the 75th World Health Assembly. Given the global burden of oral disease, workforce development to achieve universal health coverage [UHC]...
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2024
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Santuri Rungan, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Huei Ming Liu, Alison Drinkwater, John Eastwood
School-Based Integrated Care Within Sydney Local Health District: A Qualitative Study About Partnerships Between the Education and Health Sectors
Introduction: The unmet physical and mental health needs of school-aged children (5-18 years) in New South Wales (NSW), stemming from poor access and engagement with healthcare, can be addressed by school-based integrated care (SBIC) models.This research aims to understand why...
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2024
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Ronald W. Manderscheid, Amy Ward
Looking Toward the Future of Integrated Care: History, Developments, and Opportunities
For almost five decades, the development and implementation of integrated care-the simultaneous combination of primary care with mental health and substance use care-has been a major challenge for the behavioral health care field. Integrated care is exceptionally important because many...
2024
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Xinyu Cai, Xiang Hua, Інна Нескородєва, Акмал Дурманов
Interrelation between human capital management and ESG engagement: evidence from S&P 500 firms
This study investigates the relationship between human capital management strategies and corporate sustainability commitments while also examining the moderating role of CEO tenure in shaping this relationship. Drawing on a panel dataset of 413 S&P 500 companies spanning 2011 to...
2024
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Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, Paulo Reis-Pina
Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations. OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aimed to systematically examine the literature...
2024
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Ngozi F. Anachebe, Leila Amiri, Kristen Goodell, Demondes Haynes, Remo Panaccione, Aaron Saguil, Carol A. Terregino, Mike Woodson, Kenneth D. Royal
Approaches to ensure an equitable and fair admissions process for medical training
There has been considerable discussion of how best to address racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, both globally and specifically in the United States. Increasing diversity among future clinicians and physician-scientists has been identified as a key strategy for...
2024
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Jenna Pinchbeck, Karen Johnston, Alison Farrington, Steven McPhail, Sarah Larkins
The Australian clinical trial landscape: Perceptions of rural, regional and remote health service capacity and capability
BACKGROUND: Access to clinical trials is limited for rural, regional and remote Australians, adding to the current health inequity between rural and metropolitan populations. The Australasian Teletrial Model was developed to bring clinical trials “closer to home”. In 2020, the...