Public sector institutions, politics and outsourcing: Reforming the provision of primary healthcare in Punjab, Pakistan

Khan, Iram A.

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“…Finally, and more specifically, the Provincial Government of Punjab, the biggest populated province of Pakistan with a population of 110m, took different initiatives with special reference to knowledge management to revitalize the public sector. In this regard, different knowledge management initiatives and practices in the public health sector of Punjab province were adapted (Qazi et al, 2016;Khan, 2010;Abass et al, 2011;Ravindran, 2010;Mushtaq et al, 2016). Knowledge management initiatives were aimed to tackle the low organizational commitment and contextual performance of the Health Department workers.…”

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Knowledge management, organizational commitment and knowledge-worker performance

Razzaq

Shujahat

Hussain

et al. 2018

BPMJ

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Purpose Knowledge management in the public sector is relatively an ignored avenue of research and practice that has recently been given attention. Knowledge management initiatives in the public sector are now not limited to the developed countries anymore. The public sectors of various developing countries including Pakistan have developed knowledge management functions to address the problems of low organizational commitment (higher turnover rates) and knowledge-workers’ performance. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to examine the mediation role of organizational commitment in the relationship between knowledge management practices and knowledge-worker performance. Design/methodology/approach The data were gathered from 341 knowledge workers of the public sector health department of Punjab Province, Pakistan, where knowledge management unit initiative has been taken. It was then analyzed using the structural equation modeling. Findings Organizational commitment partially mediates the relationship between knowledge management practices and knowledge-work performance. Practical implications The public sector policy makers are strongly advised to implement knowledge management units and practices in order to enhance knowledge-work performance as well as organizational commitment. Originality/value First, the model on the mediating role of organizational commitment has never been examined before. Second, the data collection from the public Health Department of Pakistan, a developing country, is relatively rare because the public sector knowledge management studies have mostly been conducted in developed countries. Finally, this study extends the literature on knowledge management in the public sector that is the developing theme in knowledge management discipline while adding knowledge management as a toolkit to enhance knowledge-workers’, organizational commitment and knowledge-work performance.

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Knowledge management, organizational commitment and knowledge-worker performance

Razzaq

Shujahat

Hussain

et al. 2018

BPMJ

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“…20 Community healthcare workers are either directly employed by the government or managed through outsourcing or contracting of private sector. 21 For this study, the data will be collected and intervention will be administered by hiring existing community healthcare workers, assisted by both the government and private sector. They will have a minimum 1 year of working experience in delivering primary healthcare services in the community.…”

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Digital health literacy intervention to support maternal, child and family health in primary healthcare settings of Pakistan during the age of coronavirus: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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IntroductionThere is a need to continue primary healthcare services through digital communication for disadvantaged women living in underdeveloped areas of Pakistan, especially in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing and lockdown of communities. This project will be the first of its kind in aiming to implement a digital health literacy intervention, using smartphone and internet, to disadvantaged women through female community healthcare workers. Improved health literacy in women of reproductive years is known to promote maternal, child and family health overall.Methods and analysisThe study will include a baseline survey, a pre- and post-test survey and a 3-month lasting intervention on (1) hygiene and prevention and (2) coronavirus awareness and prevention. Women of reproductive years will be sampled from disadvantaged areas across the four provinces of Pakistan (Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh), and the selection criteria will be poor, semiliterate or illiterate, belonging to underdeveloped neighbourhoods devoid of universal healthcare coverage and dependent on free primary health services. A target of 1000 women will comprise the sample, with 500 women each assigned randomly to the intervention and control groups. Analysis of variance and multivariate analysis will be used for analysing the intervention’s effects compared with the control group.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval for this study has been received from the Internal Review Board of the Forman Christian College University (reference number: IRB-252/06-2020). Results will be published in academic journals of repute and dissemination to the international scientific community and stakeholders will also be planned through workshops.Trial registration numberNCT04603092.

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Decentralization Reforms in the Public Health Sector in Pakistan

Suhail¹,

Steen

2022

Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan

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Public sector institutions, politics and outsourcing: Reforming the provision of primary healthcare in Punjab, Pakistan

Cited by 4 publications

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Knowledge management, organizational commitment and knowledge-worker performance

Knowledge management, organizational commitment and knowledge-worker performance

Digital health literacy intervention to support maternal, child and family health in primary healthcare settings of Pakistan during the age of coronavirus: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Decentralization Reforms in the Public Health Sector in Pakistan

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