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Health workforce governance: Processes, tools and actors towards a competent workforce for integrated health services delivery

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  • Barbazza, Erica
  • Langins, Margrieta
  • Kluge, Hans
  • Tello, Juan

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A competent health workforce is a vital resource for health services delivery, dictating the extent to which services are capable of responding to health needs. In the context of the changing health landscape, an integrated approach to service provision has taken precedence. For this, strengthening health workforce competencies is an imperative, and doing so in practice hinges on the oversight and steering function of governance. To aid health system stewards in their governing role, this review seeks to provide an overview of processes, tools and actors for strengthening health workforce competencies. It draws from a purposive and multidisciplinary review of literature, expert opinion and country initiatives across the WHO European Region's 53 Member States. Through our analysis, we observe distinct yet complementary roles can be differentiated between health services delivery and the health system. This understanding is a necessary prerequisite to gain deeper insight into the specificities for strengthening health workforce competencies in order for governance to rightly create the institutional environment called for to foster alignment. Differentiating between the contribution of health services and the health system in the strengthening of health workforce competencies is an important distinction for achieving and sustaining health improvement goals.

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  • Barbazza, Erica & Langins, Margrieta & Kluge, Hans & Tello, Juan, 2015. "Health workforce governance: Processes, tools and actors towards a competent workforce for integrated health services delivery," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(12), pages 1645-1654.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:119:y:2015:i:12:p:1645-1654
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.009
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