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2025
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Retnosari, Muhammad Wahyudi
Digital Strategies, Workforce Skills, and the Path to Financial Resilience
Purpose: The focus of this paper is on how digital transformation, digital strategy, technology investments, workforce digital skills and customer engagement can help to build financial resilience. The moderating role of environmental uncertainty in these relationships is also examined.Method: A...
2026
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Bekzod Musaev, Ikhtiyor Bekov, Goran Bandov
Digital skills and virtual work in the future of labor migration: insights into the experience of Uzbekistan in Central Asia
This article examines how digital skills and virtual employment are reshaping labor migration patterns, with a focus on Uzbekistan’s evolving experience within Central Asia. Drawing on comparative legal analysis and secondary statistical sources, the study traces the shift from predominantly...
2026
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Jean Mapinduzi, Olivier Jadin, Gérard Ndacayisaba, Joachim VAN CANT, Bruno Bonnechère
Digital rehabilitation in a low-resource setting: lessons from building an integrated ecosystem in Burundi
civil conflict, which have severely impacted its health infrastructure. Burundi faces a substantial burden from both communicable and non-communicable diseases. While progress has been made in reducing child mortality and improving vaccination rates, the country still grapples with high rates...
2024
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Eggleton, Watts-Henwood, Goodyear-Smith
Development of a rural strategy for an urban-based medical program: a pragmatic reality
INTRODUCTION: Health disparities between rural and urban areas in Aotearoa New Zealand are exacerbated by rural workforce issues. Traditionally, undergraduate medical programs are urban-based, and reconfiguring the curriculum to meet the needs of rural communities is challenging. The aim of...
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...
2010
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Jonathon R.B. Halbesleben, Anthony R. Wheeler
Coverage by smoke-free workplace policies by race/ ethnicity and health outcomes: Can workplace health policies improve worker health?
Purpose – The present research has three goals: to examine the prevalence of smoke-free workplace policies; to examine how coverage by a smoke-free workplace policy differs among racial/ethnic groups; and to examine the impact of smoke-free workplace policy (SFWP) coverage...
2025
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S. Dhanalakshmi, K. Komalavalli
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE: STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING CAREER CHALLENGES AND ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This comprehensive review investigates the multifaceted challenges and advancements related to women’s career development across diverse cultural and organizational contexts.The analysis integrates findings from various studies, including those focused on Bangladesh, Italy, India, Spain, Brazil, and global surveys.The study considers...
2024
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Monica Kowalczyk, Nicole Yao, LaToya Gregory, Jeannine Cheatham, Tarrah DeClemente, Kenneth Fox, Stacy Ignoffo, Anna Volerman
Community health worker perspectives: examining current responsibilities and strategies for success
BACKGROUND: Community health worker (CHW) interventions have demonstrated positive impacts globally, with the COVID-19 pandemic further highlighting the potential of CHWs at the frontline to support prevention, outreach, and healthcare delivery. As the workforce expands, understanding the work and capabilities...
2026
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Erika Kispéter, Shereen Hussein
Combining professionalization and personalization in English long-term care: analyzing stakeholder views through a workforce lens
Introduction: Professionalizing the long-term care workforce, defined as improving the quality of care jobs, has been proposed as part of a solution to workforce challenges in long-term care. However, professionalization is argued to be in tension with personalization, a policy...
2024
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Abby Schachner, Cathy Yun, Hann Melnick, Jessica Barajas
Coaching at scale: A strategy for strengthening the early learning workforce
This report examines five early childhood coaching systems—two state systems (Alabama and Washington) and three California county systems (El Dorado, Fresno, and San Diego)—that have developed systemic coaching approaches. We studied these coaching systems to understand the different ways that...
2024
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Abby Schachner, Cathy Yun, Hann Melnick, Jessica Barajas
Coaching at scale: A strategy for strengthening the early learning workforce
This report examines five early childhood coaching systems—two state systems (Alabama and Washington) and three California county systems (El Dorado, Fresno, and San Diego)—that have developed systemic coaching approaches. We studied these coaching systems to understand the different ways that...
2026
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Tatyana Kotzeva, Elitsa Dimitrova, Kalina Ilieva
Changing Fatherhood: Social Differences in Parental Leave Uptake and Childcare Participation Among Bulgarian Men
This study investigates social disparities in the uptake of paid parental leave (PPL) and engagement in childcare by Bulgarian fathers within the context of shifting gender norms and recent policy reforms. Based on survey data from 503 fathers of young...
2025
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Fahad Alanezi
Challenges of Healthcare Systems in Saudi Arabia to Delivering Vision 2030: An Empirical Study From Healthcare Workers Perspectives
Background and Aim: This study explores the key challenges affecting the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia as it strives to achieve the objectives of Vision 2030. Unlike previous research, which has primarily focused on policy and structural reforms, this study...
2026
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Narivo Harinandrasana Anjatiana Merisoa, Shahabuddin Esmati, Ahmed Djoumoi, Randriatsilanimanga Sendra Symphrose
Challenges in Retaining Skilled Workforce in Remote Mining Areas of Mongolia
This study examines the persistent challenge of retaining skilled workers in remote mining areas of Mongolia, aiming to identify the individual, organizational, and structural factors that influence workforce retention in geographically isolated mining regions. A qualitative case study design was...
2026
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Mohammed M. Alsakkak, Mostafa Kofi
Caregiver Burnout in Home Health Care (HHC) in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, Determinants, and a National Strategy for Mitigation
Background: Burnout among healthcare providers is a critical occupational and system-level challenge globally, with particularly high prevalence reported in Saudi Arabia. Home Health Care (HHC) settings present unique stressors, including isolation, emotional burden, and complex care environments, which exacerbate caregiver...
2026
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Hassan Qudrat‐Ullah
Canada and the Q-NPT framework for a nuclear energy future: Embedding trust, equity and governance in energy transitions
Abstract Achieving net-zero energy systems requires combining technological deployment with governance innovations that secure public legitimacy, equity and international credibility. Nuclear energy – including large reactors and emerging small modular reactors (SMRs) – offers firm, low-carbon power that can complement...
2026
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Nualyai Pitsachart, Pasinee Thoin, Phatanee Srioad, Jaruporn Chaiwongsa, Xue Guo, Walton Wider
Burnout and Perceived Nursing Competence in the COVID-19 Situation: An Analysis for Developing Preventive Strategies toward Sustainable Development
This descriptive study aimed to examine burnout among professional nurses, assess their perceived competence in nursing practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify strategies for prevention and sustainable workforce development. (SDG 3, SDG 8). The study sample comprised 180 registered...
2025
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Umaru Sesay, Augustus Osborne
Building climate-resilient health systems in Sierra Leone: addressing the dual burden of infectious and climate-related diseases
Climate change presents a profound challenge to global health, disproportionately affecting low-income countries like Sierra Leone. This opinion examines the dual burden of infectious and climate-related diseases and their implications for Sierra Leone’s health systems. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall...
2024
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Ayal Debie, Adane Nigusie, Dereje Gedle, Resham B. Khatri, Yibeltal Assefa
Building a resilient health system for universal health coverage and health security: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Resilient health system (RHS) is crucial to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and health security. However, little is known about strategies towards RHS to improve UHC and health security. This systematic review aims to synthesise the literature to understand...
2020
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Felicity T. Enders, Elizabeth H. Golembiewski, Laura M. Pacheco-Spann , Megan Allyse , Michelle M. Mielke and Joyce E. Balls-Berry
Building a framework for inclusion in health services research: Development of and pre-implementation faculty and staff attitudes toward the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plan at Mayo Clinic
Objective: To mitigate the impact of racism, sexism, and other systemic biases, it is essential for organizations to develop strategies to address their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) climates. The objective of this formative evaluation was to assess Mayo Clinic...