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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...
2026
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Nicholle Mae Amor Tan Maravilla, Myles Joshua Toledo Tan
On demographic transformation: why we need to think beyond silos
without acknowledging their evolving age structure. Thus, this siloed, single-sector thinking guarantees policy inertia and wastes crucial capital. To address these challenges, many technology companies and researchers are actively developing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to enhance healthcare support for...
2025
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Collins Atta Poku, Abital Ayergo Ahulu, Janet Otomo, Doris Hagan, Catherine Kroamah Dwumfour, Joseph Shahadu Issifu, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku
Occupational injuries, mental workload and coping strategies among the nursing workforce in the Eastern Region of Ghana: a multi-centre study
BACKGROUND: The nursing profession plays a crucial role in the quality of healthcare services. While nurses face occupational injury challenges globally, mental workload, which is often overlooked, plays a significant role in these injuries. Understanding nurses’ coping strategies can help...
2025
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Collins Atta Poku, Abital Ayergo Ahulu, Janet Otomo, Doris Hagan, Catherine Kroamah Dwumfour, Joseph Shahadu Issifu, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku
Occupational injuries, mental workload and coping strategies among the nursing workforce in the Eastern Region of Ghana: a multi-centre study
BACKGROUND: The nursing profession plays a crucial role in the quality of healthcare services. While nurses face occupational injury challenges globally, mental workload, which is often overlooked, plays a significant role in these injuries. Understanding nurses’ coping strategies can help...
2026
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Eftychia Evaggelidou
Nursing understaffing at the center of the World Health Organization’s “Nursing Action” project
Nursing understaffing has emerged as one of the most critical challenges facing health systems globally and across the European Region. Nurses constitute the largest professional group within healthcare organizations and provide the vast majority of direct patient care. Adequate nurse...
2021
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Joanna Maria Szulc, Frances-Louise McGregor and Emine Cakir
Neurodiversity and remote work in times of crisis: lessons for HR
Purpose – The rich qualitative study builds on 11 semi-structured interviews with nine neurodivergent employees and two business professionals supportive of neurodiversity to understand the lived experiences of dealing with crisis in a remote working environment. Design/methodology/approach – The purpose...
2025
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Raghu Raman, Robin M. Kowalski, Krishnashree Achuthan, Akshay Iyer, Prema Nedungadi
Navigating artificial general intelligence development: societal, technological, ethical, and brain-inspired pathways
This study examines the imperative to align artificial general intelligence (AGI) development with societal, technological, ethical, and brain-inspired pathways to ensure its responsible integration into human systems. Using the PRISMA framework and BERTopic modeling, it identifies five key pathways shaping...
2026
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Julianne Hutchinson
Navigating AI Transformation in Healthcare Call Centers: Balancing Efficiency, Ethics, and Human Expertise in HealthConnect’s Transition
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare call centers presents a critical challenge in trying to balance operational efficiency with ethical, equitable, and human-centered care. This study examines HealthConnect, which replaced 90% of its human workforce with AI...
2025
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Erika L. Crable, Susan M. Meffert, Ryan G. Kenneally, Linnet Ongeri, David Bukusi, Rachel Burger, Grace Rota, Ammon Otieno, Raymond Rotai, Muthoni Mathai, Gregory A. Aarons
Multi-sector determinants of implementation and sustainment for non-specialist treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: a concept mapping study
BACKGROUND: The global shortage of trained mental health workers disproportionately impacts mental health care access in low- and middle-income countries. In Kenya, effective strategies are needed to scale-up the workforce to meet the demand for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder...
2025
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Mahdi W. Suboh, Mones H. Atatre, Bessan Hamed Dababseh, Ala’a S. Ghnimat, Lubna W. AbuHamdiya, M Al-Haddad
Motivations, satisfaction, and career aspirations of undergraduate medical students in West Bank, Palestine: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Selecting a profession in medicine is a major decision shaped by institutional, societal, and personal factors. In Palestine, medical students face unique challenges due to limited local training opportunities, political instability, and socioeconomic constraints. Understanding the motivations driving these...
2025
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Tomas Zapata, Teodor Cristian Blidaru, Alexandru Rafilă, Radu Comsa, Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat, Yanina Andersen, Cris Scotter, James Buchan, Ioana Novac, Khamis Al-Alawy, Nicolae Dragoș Garofil
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe
Health workforce migration is an important challenge for healthcare systems across Europe, with Romania facing one of the most significant impacts following its accession into the European Union. This article examines the trends, drivers, and consequences of health workforce migration...
2025
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Robert Kupis, Ian Perera, Alicja Domagała, Magdalena Szopa
Medical education in Poland: a descriptive analysis of legislative changes broadening the range of institutions eligible to conduct medical degree programmes
BACKGROUND: The expansion of medical schools is one of the proposed solutions to shortages in health workforces. Poland has been struggling with limited human resources in healthcare for years. The aim of the study was to provide an analysis of...
2018
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Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH, Emily Sparer, ScD, Jessica A.R. Williams, PhD, Daniel Gundersen, PhD,Leslie I. Boden, PhD, Jack T. Dennerlein, PhD, Dean Hashimoto, MD JD, Jeffrey N. Katz, MD,Deborah L. McLellan, PhD, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, Nicolaas P. Pronk, PhD, FACSM,Anna Revette, PhD, and Gregory R. Wagner, MD
Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health,and Well-BeingThe Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment
Objective: To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs, and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and well-being: the workplace integrated safety and health (WISH) assessment. Methods: Development of this assessment...
2024
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Kellie Thiessen, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Nathan Nickel, Margaret Morris, Kristine Robinson, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Shelley Derksen
Maternity Service Delivery in Manitoba, Canada: A Retrospective Analysis of Three Maternity Care Provider Types
Background: Alleviating shortages in health workforce and delivery of efficient maternity care models are unresolved policy issues in Canada. In the province of Manitoba, obstetricians do the majority of maternity care, family practice physicians take care of low-risk women, and...
2017
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Lisa M. Steurer
Maternity Leave Length and Workplace Policies’ Impact on the Sustainment of Breastfeeding: Global Perspectives
Background: Breastfeeding is a global initiative of the World Health Organization and the U.S. domestic health agenda, Healthy People 2020; both recommend exclusive breastfeeding, defined as providing breast milk only via breast or bottle, through the first 6 months of...
2025
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Daphine Nyangoma, Ejuma Martha Adaga, Ngodoo Joy Sam-Bulya, Godwin Ozoemenam Achumie
Market Trend Analysis as a Strategic Tool for Workforce Development Programs: A Data-Driven Conceptual Model
In an era of rapid economic and technological transformation, workforce development programs must evolve to meet the changing demands of labor markets. This paper explores market trend analysis as a strategic tool for optimizing workforce development initiatives through data-driven conceptual...
2026
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Tiang Jiin Kim, Theresa C.F. Ho
Mapping Strategic HR Competencies for Sustainable Construction: A Global Bibliometric Perspective with Implications for Malaysia (2017–2025)
HRMARS – This study explores the global landscape of strategic human resource (HR) competencies in the construction sector from 2017 to 2025, with a particular focus on sustainable HRM practices and their implications for Malaysia’s construction industry. Using bibliometric analysis,...
2026
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Waseeha Firdose
Managing workforce diversity and inclusion in global markets: HR strategies adopted by Unilever
This study examines workforce diversity and inclusion (D&I) management in global markets, focusing on HR strategies adopted by Unilever. Using a qualitative approach based on secondary data and thematic analysis, the research explores key practices such as inclusive leadership, gender...
2026
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Waseeha Firdose
Managing workforce diversity and inclusion in global markets: HR strategies adopted by Unilever
This study examines workforce diversity and inclusion (D&I) management in global markets, focusing on HR strategies adopted by Unilever. Using a qualitative approach based on secondary data and thematic analysis, the research explores key practices such as inclusive leadership, gender...
2025
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Mano Ashish Tripathi, Joel Osei-Asiamah, Avanti Chinmulgund, Anitha Saravanan, T. Subha Mastan Rao, H. P. Ramya, Yousef A. Baker El–Ebiary
Machine Learning Applications in Workforce Management: Strategies for Enhancing Productivity and Employee Engagement
Workforce management is a critical component of organizational success, encompassing employee scheduling, task allocation, and engagement strategies. Traditional methods rely heavily on rule-based systems and manual supervision, leading to inefficiencies and suboptimal workforce utilization. Existing machine learning (ML) approaches, such...