The retention of health human resources in primary healthcare centers in Lebanon: a national survey

Alameddine, Mohamad; Saleh, Shadi; El‐Jardali, Fadi; Dimassi, Hani; Mourad, Yara

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-419

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“…Not only in PHC level but also in critical shortages of health system human resources have been a concern in many countries around the globe. Based on findings of a national survey in Lebanon, most of PHC centers were suffering from understaffing and a high workload associated with high levels of burnout …”

Section: Primary Health Care Manpower Shortage and Their Workloadmentioning

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A qualitative study on human resources for primary health care in Iran

Moghadam

Amiresmaili

Sadeghi

et al. 2017

Health Planning & Management

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Based on findings and issues discovered in this study, several suggestions can be made, including development, implementation, and evaluation of needs assessment strategies for various vocational posts, promotion of educational courses and PHC-based training, strengthening of relationships and coordination between practical and scientific bodies, application of incentive programs in PHC, and strengthening of system management capacity through use of qualified managers.

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Section: Primary Health Care Manpower Shortage and Their Workloadmentioning

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A qualitative study on human resources for primary health care in Iran

Moghadam

Amiresmaili

Sadeghi

et al. 2017

Health Planning & Management

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“…Many countries have simply not foreseen this trend until it was too late (WHO, 2014). The worst case of the shortages of health workers globally is in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Alameddine et al, 2012). Willis-Shattuck, Bidwell, Thomas, Wyness, Blaauw, and Ditlopo (2008) conducted a study title: "Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review".…”

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Integrating Herzberg and Social Exchange Theories to Underpinned Human Resource Practices, Leadership Style and Employee Retention in Health Sector

Almaaitah

Harada²,

Sakdan³

et al. 2017

WJBM

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The focus of this review study compliments the ongoing debate on the significance of employee retention in both private and public organizations. The contributions from scholars in retention study are enormous but there are still areas that need deep attention and further exploration. Most of the past studies on employee retention have mainly focus on its impact on outcomes such organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. Thus, ISSN 2377-4622 2017 to further reconfirm the importance of employee retention as a critical determinant of organizational effectiveness, it is essential to test its effect on a broader range of outcome variables. In this study, the role of human resources practices and leadership style are examined to see their effect on employee retention. While most of the extant literature used behavioral theories, this study combined Herzberg two factors (satisfier/motivator and dissatisfier/hygiene) and proposed a symbiotic relationship that could benefit both parties through social exchange theory. This study is limited in scope and context but the contribution to frontier of knowledge for both theory and practice is unparalleled. Health sector employee are limited in number due to duration of course of study and academic rigors involved, thus the limited numbers available are in competitive demand thereby encouraging high job mobility in this sector. Jordanian work force generally aspires to move to the West as ditto most developing countries. Using a well-defined HR practices coupled with leadership style will drastically reduce attrition rate and enhanced employee retention as conceptualized in this study. This will contribute to theory and practice through proactive measures that will not only discourage employee turnover but also enhance productivity. World Journal of Business and Management

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“…The findings of the present study show that the countries using a short-term contract employment system like that of Senegal can consider the priority recruitment for lifetime government employees from healthcare workers currently working in rural areas under a short-term contract as a potentially effective retention policy. A study in Lebanon revealed that the possibility of attaining full-time employment status reduced the likelihood of a worker quitting 21 .…”

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Retention of qualified healthcare workers in rural Senegal: lessons learned from a qualitative study

Nagai¹,

Fujita²,

Diouf³

et al. 2017

Rural Remote Health

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A B S T R A C TIntroduction: Deployment and retention of a sufficient number of skilled and motivated human resources for health (HRH) at the right place and at the right time are critical to ensure people's right to access a universal quality of health care. Vision Tokyo 2010 Network, an international network of HRH managers at the ministry of health (MoH) level in nine Francophone African countries, identified maldistribution of a limited number of healthcare personnel and their retention in rural areas as overarching problems in the member countries. The network conducted this study in Senegal to identify the determining factors for the retention of qualified HRH in rural areas, and to explore an effective and feasible policy that the MoH could implement in the member countries. Methods: Doctors, nurses, midwives and superior technicians in anesthesiology who were currently working (1) in a rural area and had been for more than 2 years, (2) in Dakar with experience of working in a rural area or (3) in Dakar without any prior experience working in a rural area were interviewed about their willingness and reasons for accepting work or continuing to work in a rural area and their suggested policies for deployment and retention of healthcare workers in rural areas. In-depth interviews were conducted with policy makers in MoH, asking for their perceptions on human resource management in health and about their suggested policies for deployment and retention.Results: A total of 176 healthcare workers and eight policy makers were interviewed. The willingness to face challenges in a new place was one of the main reasons for accepting work in rural areas. The identified factors to motivate or demotivate healthcare workers in rural areas were related to pre-service and in-service education, regulatory systems, financial and non-financial incentive schemes and environmental support. Factors not included in WHO's global recommendation but highly valued in this study were (1) the fairness, transparency and predictability of human resource management by the MoH and (2) employment status, © M Nagai, N Fujita, IS Diouf, M Salla 2017. A Licence to publish this material has been given to James Cook University, http://www.jcu.edu.au 2 ie permanent government staff versus contract staff. Financial incentive schemes were less commonly suggested. Family bonding and religious-related non-financial incentive schemes were found to be specific factors in Senegal, but would also be applicable in countries where family and religion play important roles in the values of healthcare workers. Conclusions: Improved HRH management, eg the transparency of human resource management by the MoH, was identified as a pre-condition of any policy implementation related to HRH. This factor can be considered in other countries struggling to retain healthcare workers in rural areas. The Vision Tokyo 2010 Network or HRH managers' network in Francophone Africa, Senegal MoH and the research team plan to conduct a quantitative survey to confirm the generaliz...

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The retention of health human resources in primary healthcare centers in Lebanon: a national survey

Cited by 38 publications

References 47 publications

A qualitative study on human resources for primary health care in Iran

A qualitative study on human resources for primary health care in Iran

Integrating Herzberg and Social Exchange Theories to Underpinned Human Resource Practices, Leadership Style and Employee Retention in Health Sector

Retention of qualified healthcare workers in rural Senegal: lessons learned from a qualitative study

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