HRH Global Resource Center - Philippines

Context-specific, Evidence-Based Planning for Scale-Up of Family Planning Services to Increase Progress to MDG 5: Health Systems Research

Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:32:27 +0000

Local health planners are in a prime position to devise feasible context-specific activities to overcome
constraints and increase met need for family planning to accelerate progress towards MDG 5. [from abstract]

Managing Health Worker Migration: A Qualitative Study of the Philippine Response to Nurse Brain Drain

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:35:52 +0000

This study examines how the development of brain drain-responsive
policies is driven by the effects of nurse migration and how such efforts aim to achieve mind-shifts among nurses, governing and regulatory bodies, and public and private institutions in the Philippines and worldwide. [from abstract]

Assessment of Factors Influencing Retention in the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment Program

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:29:46 +0000

In response to the shortage of doctors in remote communities, the Philippines began a progrom to attract physicians to work in such areas for a prescribed 2-year period, but ongoing monitoring shows that very few chose to remain there for longer. This assessment was carried out to explore the reasons for the low retention rates and to propose possible strategies to reverse the trend. [adapted from abstract]

Human Resources for Health Migration in the Philippines: A Case Study and Policy Directions

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:19:49 +0000

This paper aims to provide information on the migration of Filipino health workers and the impact it has on the individual migrant, his family, professions and specifically the health care system. Further it discusses policy initiatives that have been established to both ensure the country’s competitiveness in the global labor market as well as strengthen its capability to strengthen its health care system. [from introduction]

Human Resources for Health and Philippine Policy Options

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:46:06 +0000

This literature review attempts to put the phenomenon of HRH migration into context in terms of the underlying factors that prompt workers to relocate, as well as the facilitating effects of globalization and worldwide HRH shortages. [adapted from abstract]

Can Medical Education in Poor Rural Areas be Cost-Effective and Sustainable: The Case of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:36:54 +0000

This study examined the hypothesis that a medical school in a low-resource setting, based on volunteer faculty, can be sustainable and associated with improvement in medical workforce and population health outcomes. [from abstract]

Community Engagement in Facility-Based Quality Improvement in the Philippines: Lessons for Service Delivery and Governance

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:53:08 +0000

This report summarizes a quality assurance project and explains how citizens were engaged at the facility level in improving health service quality, while also contributing to increased responsiveness and accountability on the part of health providers. [adapted from author]

Systematic Factors of Errors in the Case Identification Process of the National Routine Health Information System: A Case Study of Modified Field Health Services Information System in the Philippines

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:37:16 +0000

This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of errors in the case identification process in the existing routine health information system in the Philippines by measuring the risk of committing errors for health program indicators. [from abstract]

Human Resources for Health in Maternal, Neonatal and Reproductive Health at Community Level: a Profile of the Philippines

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:20:32 +0000

This profile summarises the available information on the cadres working at community level in the Philippines; their diversity, distribution, supervisory structures, education and training, as well as the policy and regulations that govern their practice. [from summary]

Effectiveness of the Tailored EBP Training Program for Filipino Physiotherapists: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:48:46 +0000

This study assesses the effectiveness of a tailored evidence-based practice (EBP) training program for Filipino physiotherapists in improving knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviour, and capacity to engage with referring doctors to determine the most effective treatments for their patients. [adapted from abstract]