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Publications and Resources / Tools and Resources for HRH Practitioners
HRH Action Framework
The HRH Action Framework is designed to assist governments and health managers to develop and implement strategies to achieve an effective and sustainable health workforce. Also available in French and Spanish.
Workforce Planning and Leadership
Conceptual and Practical Foundations of Gender and Human Resources for Health
October 2009. Presents what the Capacity Project learned about various
forms of gender discrimination and how they serve as barriers to health workforce
participation, and offers global recommendations for
future action through health workforce policy, planning, development and support.
Workplace Violence and Gender Discrimination
in the Health Sector in Rwanda
September 2009. Presents the research, summarizes results and lessons
learned and describes how research was used to promote policy change and program response
to workplace violence and discrimination.
Alleviating the Burden of Responsibility: Men as
Providers of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care
and Support in Lesotho
September 2009. Presents the research and results of a study of men as providers of HIV/AIDS care and describes how research was used to promote policy change and program response
In Lesotho.
Evaluation of the Capacity Project’s Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening Process in Swaziland, Uganda and Rwanda
July 2009. Synthesizes detailed technical findings documented in three country case study reports that were based on a series of key informant interviews, and provides guidance to inform future HRIS planning and implementation.
Evaluation of a Rapid Workforce Expansion Strategy: The Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan
July 2009. Provides a quantitative evaluation of the approach’s effectiveness and recommendations for using an emergency hiring plan in conjunction with other human resources for health interventions.
Human Resources-Geographical Information Systems Data Development and Systems Implementation for the Christian Social Services Commission of Tanzania
May 2009. Reports on the Project's work with a faith-based organization on an HR-GIS database containing multivariate information on 850 health facilities and 15,000 personnel.
African Christian Health Associations: Joining Forces for Improving Human Resources for Health
March 2009. Provides an overview of the activities and accomplishments of the African Christian Health Associations Technical Working Group on Human Resources for Health.
Alleviating the Burden of Responsibility: Report on a Study of Men as Providers of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care and Support in Lesotho
January 2009. This study demonstrates a range of perspectives about gender and HIV/AIDS care from those participating in and potentially affected by health care initiatives, and makes recommendations for increasing the number of male community-based providers of HIV/AIDS care.
Study on Workplace Violence within the Health Sector in Rwanda
July 2008. This qualitative study investigated the different types of workplace violence within the Rwandan health sector, the perpetrators, the victims, the consequences, the gender dimensions involved and the strategies to prevent violence. The report also provides recommendations for development of appropriate laws to help prevent workplace violence.
HRH Action Workshop Assessment
July 2008. This report assesses the workshop's influence on subsequent country-level HRH activities, and found that a combination of the workshop methodology and the right participants led to notable HRH action in several countries.
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan
February 2008. This report assesses the Emergency Hiring Plan's main achievements, challenges and impact on service delivery and health systems improvement.
Assessing the Human Resource Capacity for Implementation of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Process Description and Tool Library
June 2007. This OVC toolkit provides a concrete process, methodology and tools for assessing government HR capacity to lead and manage effective implementation of the National Plan of Action.
Partnership Building: Practical Tools to Help You Create, Strengthen, Assess and Manage Your Partnership or Alliance More Productively
March 2007. This toolkit offers guidance on identifying potential alliance
partners, facilitating a dynamic and helpful kick-off meeting and creating an appropriate
memorandum of understanding, along with more tools to help create or develop partnerships.
Collection and Analysis of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategic Plans
December 2006. This resource paper uses a simple framework to provide an analytical review of HRH strategic plans that have been generated over the last few years by countries in sub-Saharan Africa that are faced with an HRH crisis.
Human Resources for Health Programs for Countries in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
December 2006. This resource paper explores operational challenges, opportunities and goals common to initiating HRH programs in context and post-conflict situations.
Workforce Development
The Role of Health Systems Strengthening in Effectively Updating and Disseminating Family Planning/Reproductive Health Guidelines
August 2009. Describes several systems strengthening innovations that have been successful in achieving needed changes in service delivery practice, and argues that written updates of family planning/reproductive health norms and standards must be complemented with innovative systems strengthening to ensure their use in low-resource settings.
Final Feasibility Evaluation for No-Scalpel Vasectomy in Rwanda
July 2009. Evaluates the feasibility of introducing vasectomy clinical services in Rwanda, and provides recommendations for scaling-up vasectomy services in other districts.
Continuing Professional Development Accreditation System for Uganda
June 2009. Outlines the processes to be followed by the Uganda Health CPD Accreditation Agency, providers of CPD and health professionals applying for relicensure after CPD training.
Implementation of the Learning for Performance Approach in Rwanda: Final Report
June 2009. Documents the implementation of the Learning for Performance approach and the lessons learned from its application in pre-service education and in-service training in Rwanda.
Implementation of the Learning for Performance Approach at the Gao Nursing School in Mali: Final Report
November 2008. Documents the implementation of the Learning for Performance approach and the lessons learned from its application in pre-service education and in-service training in Mali.
Guidelines and Standards for Accreditation of
Continuing Professional Development for Health
Workers
October 2008. This booklet is intended to provide guidelines for planning, accrediting and implementing continuing professional development (CPD) in Uganda.
Learning for Performance: A Guide and Toolkit for Health Worker Training and Education Programs
April 2007. This manual presents a systematic instructional design process and accompanying tools that help connect learning to specific job responsibilities and competencies.
IUD Guidelines for Family Planning Service Programs: A Problem-Solving Reference Manual
IUD Guidelines for Family Planning Service Programs: Course Handbook for Participants
IUD Guidelines for Family Planning Service Programs: Course Notebook for Trainers
2006. Third edition, revised to reflect changes in the World Health Organization’s Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. This learning package (reference manual, participants' handbook, trainer's notebook) includes the materials needed to conduct a competency-based, in-service training course for service providers.
Integrating Gender in Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projects
August 2006. Two training modules (Gender Analysis and Integration in Capacity Country Projects; Building Support for Gender Integration through Advocacy) for supporting gender equity in human resources for health, with handouts.
Gender-Based Violence Training Modules: A Collection and Review of Existing Materials for Training Health Workers
May 2006. Review of existing gender-based violence (GBV) training modules that can be adapted and/or integrated into pre-service education or in-service training curricula in developing countries. Summary of modules considered to represent best practices in GBV training, with recommendations on integrating the modules into pre-service education or in-service training.
Health Worker Education and Training: Selected Resources
2005. To support efforts to improve health worker education and training systems, the Capacity Project has assembled a collection of resources that can be used for reference and adaptation.
Performance Support
Implementation of Performance Support Approaches in Central America and Uganda
July 2009. Describes the Capacity Project’s work with governments and partners in Central America and Uganda to test approaches for strengthening supervision systems in the health sector, and provides lessons learned for future implementation.
Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health, Including
HIV in the Health Services Sector
February 2008. Provides guidelines for planning, accrediting and implementing continuing professional development in Uganda. Assessment of the Additional Duty Hours Allowance (ADHA) Scheme: Final Report
December 2007. This retrospective study reviews the evolution of Ghana's ADHA scheme and assesses its impact on health worker satisfaction, retention and performance, as well as its larger consequences for the Government of Ghana, Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service.
Uganda Health Workforce Study: Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Among Current Health Workers (Executive Summary)
March 2007. A study of facility-based health workers in Uganda, intended to measure health worker satisfaction, motivation and intent to stay in the health field to serve the Republic of Uganda.
Zanzibar Health Care Worker Productivity Study: Preliminary Study Findings
February 2007. This paper describes a portion of an initiative to investigate time utilization in Zanzibar's health care sector and implement interventions to improve efficiency.
Supporting Existing Health Cadres in Learning New Skills: Tools and Approaches
May 2006. The Capacity Project has identified and categorized existing tools and approaches that support health cadres in learning new skills, especially in the area of HIV/AIDS. This paper includes examples of potential resources, providing web links in the appendices.
Retention: Health Workforce Issues and Response Actions in Low-Resource Settings
August 2005. Provides evidence base to reveal factors that lead to high turnover and to promote tested responses to retain health workers.
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