Support Staff

This research study is a situational analysis and investigation to propose alternative models, including estimation of the quantitative demand for Mobile Emergency Medical Service Units (MEMUs) and the demand for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in Thailand during the next two decades. Three models of the MEMUs, and three categories of EMTs are proposed. In producing all kind of EMTs, their career development and continuing education should be planned. [from abstract]

The nurse auxiliaries who work at the rural health centers (CESARs) of the Honduran Ministry of Health (MOH) are frequently the only source of reproductive health services in the communities they serve. In order to increase access to long-term family planning methods, the MOH and the Population Council’s INOPAL III Project conducted an operations research study from 1997 to 1998 to see if nurse auxiliaries could provide good quality IUD, Depo-Provera and vaginal cytology services without health risks for their clients. The study concluded that auxiliaries could provide these services and that, in addition, the cost-effectiveness of the strategy was appropriate.

The objective was to explore what domains of work are important for job satisfaction among doctors, nurses and auxiliaries and to discuss differences between professional groups in the perspective of micro team culture. [from abstract]