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  1. Health care administrators must establish and promote effective partnerships with community agencies to address social determinants of health, including reducing exposure of infants and young children to chron...

    Authors: Julie S. McCrae, Jo Ann L. Robinson, Angeline K. Spain, Kaela Byers and Jennifer L. Axelrod
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:71
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Strong and effective workforce models are essential for improving comprehensive Indigenous primary healthcare service (PHC) provision to Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA (CANZUS...

    Authors: Janya McCalman, Sandra Campbell, Crystal Jongen, Erika Langham, Kingsley Pearson, Ruth Fagan, Ann Martin-Sardesai and Roxanne Bainbridge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:767
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Quality of work life (QWL) has been found to influence the commitment of health professionals, including nurses. However, reliable information on QWL and turnover intention of primary health care (PHC) nurses ...

    Authors: Mohammed J Almalki, Gerry FitzGerald and Michele Clark
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:314
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  4. There is a lack of knowledge about patients’ journeys across the stroke care continuum, especially regarding the transition from inpatient to outpatient care and rehabilitation. Therefore, the aim of the prese...

    Authors: Sebastian Lindblom, Malin Tistad, Maria Flink, Ann Charlotte Laska, Lena von Koch and Charlotte Ytterberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:594
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Transition from paediatric to adult heath care services is a challenging time for many adolescents with chronic illnesses and may include deterioration in illness control as a consequence of inadequate self-ma...

    Authors: Jeffrey Yeung, Yisselle I. Virella Pérez, Shehani C. Samarasinghe, Vhari Forsyth, Vathsala Agarwalla and Katharine Steinbeck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1443
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  6. As the demand for nursing home (NH) services increases, older adults and their families expect exceptional services. Neighbourhood Team Development (NTD) is a multi-component intervention designed to train tea...

    Authors: Veronique M. Boscart, Souraya Sidani, Jenny Ploeg, Sherry L. Dupuis, George Heckman, Jessica Luh Kim, Josie d’Avernas and Paul Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:922
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  7. Diabetes represents an increasing health burden worldwide. In 2010, the Public Health Department of the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) launched a regional diabetes programme entitled “Programme cantonal Diabète”...

    Authors: Emilie Zuercher, Julie Bordet, Bernard Burnand and Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:329
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. As the world population is aging, considerable efforts need to be put towards developing and maintaining evidenced-based care for older adults. Respite services are part of the selection of homecare offered to...

    Authors: Maude Viens, Alexandra Éthier, Véronique Provencher and Annie Carrier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:767
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  9. The challenges of providing and accessing quality health care in rural regions have long been identified. Innovative solutions are not only required but are also vital if effective, timely and equitable access...

    Authors: Elena Wilson, Lisa C. Hanson, Kathleen E. Tori and Byron M. Perrin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:819
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Nurse-Family Partnership is a nurse home visitation program that aims to improve the lives of young mothers and their children. The program focuses on women who are parenting for the first time and experiencin...

    Authors: Nicole L. A. Catherine, Andrea Gonzalez, Michael Boyle, Debbie Sheehan, Susan M. Jack, Kaitlyn A. Hougham, Lawrence McCandless, Harriet L. MacMillan and Charlotte Waddell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:349
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Recruiting and retaining staff are standing challenges in eldercare. Low pay, difficult working conditions, and social relations at the workplace impact on turnover intentions. Few studies have used quantitati...

    Authors: Jon Ivar Elstad and Mia Vabø
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:747
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  12. Residents living in nursing homes usually have complex healthcare needs and require a comprehensive care approach to identifying and meeting their care needs. Suboptimal quality of care is reported in nursing ...

    Authors: Hui Feng, Hui Li, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Shahid Ullah, Pan Mao, Yunxia Yang, Hengyu Hu and Yinan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:816
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. Healthcare providers may experience moral distress when they are unable to take the ethically or morally appropriate action due to real or perceived constraints in delivering care, and this psychological stres...

    Authors: Anne Marie Levy, Alisa Grigorovich, Josephine McMurray, Hannah Quirt, Kaitlyn Ranft, Katia Engell, Steven Stewart, Arlene Astell, Kristina Kokorelias, Denise Schon, Kevin Rogrigues, Mario Tsokas, Alastair J. Flint and Andrea Iaboni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:481
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  14. Recruiting and retaining health professions remains a high priority for health system planners. Different employment sectors may vary in their appeal to providers. We used the concepts of inflow and stickiness...

    Authors: Michel D Landry, Robyn Hastie, Känecy Oñate, Brenda Gamble, Raisa B Deber and Molly C Verrier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:133
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Maintaining a health professional workforce in rural and remote areas poses a significant challenge internationally. A range of recruitment and retention strategies have had varying success and these are  gene...

    Authors: Alison Dymmott, Stacey George, Narelle Campbell and Chris Brebner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:951
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  17. In 2000, midwifery was regulated in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. Since the establishment of the midwifery program, little formal research has analyzed the utilization of regulated midwifery services. In ...

    Authors: Kellie Thiessen, Maureen Heaman, Javier Mignone, Patricia Martens and Kristine Robinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:92
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  18. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) decreases rehospitalization for people with COPD. However, less than 2% receive PR, partly due to lack of referral and sparsity of PR facilities. This disparity is particularly pr...

    Authors: Jennifer Polo, Melissa J. Basile, Meng Zhang, Keyla Ordonez, Danielle Rodriguez, Eugenia Boye-Codjoe, Myia Williams, Donna Tsang, Richard Medina, Sonia Jacome, Parvez Mir, Sameer Khanijo, Renee Pekmezaris and Negin Hajizadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:515
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  19. The objective of this systematic review of diverse evidence was to examine the relationship between health system governance and workforce outcomes. Particular attention was paid to how governance mechanisms f...

    Authors: Stephanie E Hastings, Gail D Armitage, Sara Mallinson, Karen Jackson and Esther Suter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:479
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. One of the most important transitions in the continuum of care for children is discharge to home. Optimal discharge communication between healthcare providers and caregivers (e.g., parents or other guardians) ...

    Authors: Janet A. Curran, Andrea Bishop, Amy Plint, Shannon MacPhee, Roger Zemek, Jill Chorney, Mona Jabbour, Stephen Porter and Scott Sawyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:276
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  21. People living with dementia in care homes frequently exhibit “behaviour that challenges”. Anti-psychotics are used to treat such behaviour, but are associated with significant morbidity. This study researched ...

    Authors: Ian D. Maidment, Garry Barton, Niyah Campbell, Rachel Shaw, Nichola Seare, Chris Fox, Steve Iliffe, Emma Randle, Andrea Hilton, Graeme Brown, Nigel Barnes, Jane Wilcock, Sarah Gillespie and Sarah Damery
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:157
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. The postpartum is a vital period for women, newborns, spouses, parents, caregivers, and families. Regarding the importance of postpartum care and the lack of comprehensive and up-to-date clinical guidelines in...

    Authors: Leila Abdoli Najmi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh, Haniyeh Salehi Poormehr, Fariba Pashazade and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:563
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  24. This review aims to synthesise evidence on the economic impact of psychological interventions and therapies when applied to a broad range of physical health conditions.

    Authors: Leeanne Nicklas, Mairi Albiston, Martin Dunbar, Alan Gillies, Jennifer Hislop, Helen Moffat and Judy Thomson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1131
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  25. There are increasing opportunities for healthcare professionals outside medicine to be involved in and lead clinical research. However, there are few roles within these professions that include time for resear...

    Authors: Lisa Newington, Mary Wells, Adine Adonis, Lee Bolton, Layla Bolton Saghdaoui, Margaret Coffey, Jennifer Crow, Olga Fadeeva Costa, Catherine Hughes, Matthew Savage, Lillie Shahabi and Caroline M. Alexander
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:400
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  26. The model of volunteer community health workers (CHWs) is a common approach to serving the poor communities in developing countries. BRAC, a large NGO in Bangladesh, is a pioneer in this area, has been using f...

    Authors: Khurshid Alam, Jahangir AM Khan and Damian G Walker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:260
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. The Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS (HAPPINESS) project trains non-specialist and primary health care workers in Imo State, Nigeria. This project adapted the...

    Authors: Casey Chu, Nichole Roxas, Chinyere M. Aguocha, Emeka Nwefoh, Katie Wang, Charles Dike and Theddeus Iheanacho
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:333
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  28. Hypertension, a significant risk factor for ischemic heart disease and other chronic conditions, is the third-highest cause of death and disability in Tajikistan. Thus, ensuring the early detection and appropr...

    Authors: Adanna Chukwuma, Estelle Gong, Mutriba Latypova and Nicole Fraser-Hurt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:925
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  29. An in-depth understanding of how organizational culture is experienced by health workers (HWs), and influences their decisions to leave their jobs is a fundamental, yet under-examined, basis for forming effect...

    Authors: Constance Sibongile Shumba, Karina Kielmann and Sophie Witter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:809
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  30. In South Africa, limited human resources are a major constraint to achieving universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage. Many of the public-sector HIV clinics operating within tertiary facilities, that we...

    Authors: Rachel Mukora, Salome Charalambous, Maysoon Dahab, Robin Hamilton and Alan Karstaedt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:205
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. In an effort to reduce the high rate of suicide among post-9/11 veterans, a collaborative team within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a holistic community-based health promotion program d...

    Authors: Sarah Shue, Jayme Brosmer and Marianne S. Matthias
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:707
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. The shortage of healthcare professionals (HCP) negatively affects health services in rural areas in many parts of the world, as is the case in South Africa. Innovative programs designed to improve the recruitm...

    Authors: Dumsani M. Gumede, Myra Taylor and Jane D. Kvalsvig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:220
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. There are many health professionals from abroad working in the European Union and in Austria. The situation of sub-Saharan health workers in particular has now been studied for the first time. The objective wa...

    Authors: Elena Jirovsky, Kathryn Hoffmann, Manfred Maier and Ruth Kutalek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:74
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Kenya has bold plans for scaling up priority interventions nationwide, but faces major human resource challenges, with a lack of skilled workers especially in the most disadvantaged rural areas.

    Authors: Kethi Mullei, Sandra Mudhune, Jackline Wafula, Eunice Masamo, Michael English, Catherine Goodman, Mylene Lagarde and Duane Blaauw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10(Suppl 1):S1
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 10 Supplement 1

  35. Access to rural health services is compromised in many countries including Australia due to workforce shortages. The issues that consequently impact on equity of access and sustainability of rural and remote h...

    Authors: Adrian Schoo, Sharon Lawn and Dean Carson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:111
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Uganda, a low resource country, implemented the skilled attendance at birth strategy, to meet a key target of the 5th Millenium Development Goal (MDG), 75% reduction in maternal mortality ratio. Maternal morta...

    Authors: Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Harriet Nabudere, Delius Asiimwe, Atle Fretheim and Kristin Sandberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:655
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. In North America and other industrialized countries, heart failure (HF) has become a national public health priority. Studies indicate there is significant heterogeneity in approaches to treat and manage HF an...

    Authors: Sean M. Hayes, Sophie Peloquin, Jonathan G. Howlett, Karen Harkness, Nadia Giannetti, Carol Rancourt and Nancy Ricard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:290
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Although leadership is considered as a key factor in health care, leadership styles and outcomes in nursing homes often remain a black box. Therefore, this study explored leadership styles and leadership outco...

    Authors: Joris Poels, Marc Verschueren, Koen Milisen and Ellen Vlaeyen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1009
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. People with serious mental illness die about 20 years earlier than the general population from preventable diseases. Shared-care arrangements between general practitioners and mental health services can improv...

    Authors: Sharon M. Parker, Katrina Paine, Catherine Spooner and Mark Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:977
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. In 2014, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set out a treatment target with the objective to help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. This was supported by the UNAIDS ’90-90-90’ target that by 20...

    Authors: Vincent Adjetey, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah and Bernard Dornoo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:95
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Attracting and supporting a sustainable long-term care (LTC) workforce has been a persistent social policy challenge across the globe. To better attract and retain a sustainable LTC workforce, it is necessary ...

    Authors: Sui Yu Yau, Yin King Linda Lee, Siu Yin Becky Li, Sin Ping Susan Law, Sze Ki Veronica Lai and Shixin Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:766
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  43. Rising workload in general practice has been a recent cause for concern in several countries; this is also the case in Norway. Long working hours and heavy workload seem to affect recruitment and retention of ...

    Authors: Tone Morken, Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord, Kjell Maartmann-Moe and Steinar Hunskaar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:434
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Many people diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in tertiary and district hospitals in South Africa do not arrive at their primary care clinic for continued care after they are discharged from the hospi...

    Authors: Idriss I. Kallon, Christopher J. Colvin and Zara Trafford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:128
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  45. In Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania strong efforts are being made to improve the quality of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) care. However, progress is impeded by challenges, especially in the area of human ...

    Authors: Helen Prytherch, Moubassira Kagoné, Gifty A Aninanya, John E Williams, Deodatus CV Kakoko, Melkidezek T Leshabari, Maurice Yé, Michael Marx and Rainer Sauerborn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:149
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Often new arrivals from refugee backgrounds have experienced poor health and limited access to healthcare services. The maternal and child health (MCH) service in Victoria, Australia, is a joint local and stat...

    Authors: Elisha Riggs, Elise Davis, Lisa Gibbs, Karen Block, Jo Szwarc, Sue Casey, Philippa Duell-Piening and Elizabeth Waters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:117
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic challenges provision and access to essential maternity care in low-resilience health systems. The aim of this study was to explore maternity healthcare workers’...

    Authors: Charlotte Leung, Tolulope Olufunlayo, Zahra Olateju, Christine MacArthur and Beck Taylor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:606
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. In Australia and other developed countries, chronic illness prevalence is increasing, as are costs of healthcare, particularly hospital-based care. Integrating healthcare and supporting illness management in t...

    Authors: Steven A. Trankle, Tim Usherwood, Penelope Abbott, Mary Roberts, Michael Crampton, Christian M. Girgis, John Riskallah, Yashu Chang, Jaspreet Saini and Jennifer Reath
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:925
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Retention in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programs is critical to reduce vertical transmission. To addresses challenges with retention, Mozambique launched a peer-support program in 2018, ...

    Authors: Leila Katirayi, Sozinho Ndima, Amgad Farah, Whitney Ludwig, Atanásio Mabote, Ismail Chiposse, Ana Muteerwa, Jessica Greenberg Cowan and Ivete Meque
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:382
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. About 35 % of non-elderly U.S. adult Medicaid enrollees have a behavioral health condition, such as anxiety, mood disorders, substance use disorders, and/or serious mental illness. Individuals with serious men...

    Authors: Elizabeth Shenkman, Keith Muller, Bruce Vogel, Sara Jo Nixon, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Kimberly Case, Yi Guo, Martin Wegman, Jessie Aric and Dena Stoner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:579
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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