Empowering patients and strengthening communities for real health workforce and funding targets

The setting of ambitious targets for expanding the health workforce and improving its quality, efficiency and equitable service delivery is a task long overdue. No aspirational goals were set for progressively expanding and strengthening a health workforce to meet a population's broad-spectrum...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013-11, Vol.91 (11), p.889-889
Main Author: Baker, Brook K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Allied Health Personnel - organization & administration
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Communities
Community
Community Participation - methods
Efficiency
Empowerment
Evaluation
Funding
Health
Health care
Health Personnel - organization & administration
Health Personnel - standards
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human resource management
Human resources
Humans
Manpower policy
Medical care
Medical personnel
Medical policy
Patient compliance
Patients
Patients - psychology
Point of care testing
Power (Psychology)
Practice
Preserves
Quality management
Quality of service
Round Table
Strategy
Strengthening
Tasks
Theme Issue
Tropical diseases
Workers
Workforce
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Summary:The setting of ambitious targets for expanding the health workforce and improving its quality, efficiency and equitable service delivery is a task long overdue. No aspirational goals were set for progressively expanding and strengthening a health workforce to meet a population's broad-spectrum health needs. Communities and community systems must be strengthened if they are to support patients and their caretakers in their efforts to seek care and preserve health. Only by placing patients at the centre of human resource strategies and strengthening the interface between health and community systems will people attain the efficiency and quality in health care that they seek. Empowered patients and strengthened communities will be in a position to hold health systems and their leaders accountable.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.13.126896