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| Title |
An exploratory analysis of the regionalization policy for the recruitment of health workers in Burkina Faso
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| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-12-s1-s6 |
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| Authors |
Seni Kouanda, W Maurice E Yaméogo, Valéry Ridde, Issa Sombié, Banza Baya, Abel Bicaba, Adama Traoré, Blaise Sondo |
| Abstract |
Health personnel retention in remote areas is a key health systems issue wordwide. To deal with this issue, since 2002 the government of Burkina Faso has implemented a staff retention policy, the regionalized health personnel recruitment policy, aimed at front-line workers such as nurses, midwives, and birth attendants. This study aimed to describe the policy's development, formulation, and implementation process for the regionalization of health worker recruitment in Burkina Faso. We conducted a qualitative study. The unit of analysis is a single case study with several levels of analysis. This study was conducted in three remote areas in Burkina Faso for the implementation portion, and at the central level for the development portion. Indepth interviews were conducted with Ministry of Health officials in charge of human resources, regional directors, regional human resource managers, district chief medical officers, and health workers at primary health centres. In total, 46 indepth interviews were conducted (February 3 - March 16, 2011). Development CONCLUSION: The policy was characterized by the absence of written directives and by targeting only one category of personnel. Moreover, there was no associated incentive-financial or otherwise-which poses the question of long-term viability. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 35% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Librarian | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 18% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 8% |
| Psychology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 May 2014.
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