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Impact of training and professional development on health management and leadership competence: A mixed methods systematic review
Reuben Olugbenga Ayeleke, Nicola Henri North, Annette Dunham, Katharine Ann WallisTraining to improve health management and leadership competence is recommended. However, there is limited evidence showing the impact of training on competence. The purpose of…
Health researchers and policy makers involvement in knowledge translation activities in Malawi
Patrick Mapulanga, Jaya Raju, Thomas MatingwinaThe purpose of this paper is to explore health researchers’ involvement of policy or decision makers in knowledge translation activities in Malawi.
Persuasive speech in multi-professional change facilitation meetings: A rhetorical discourse analysis
Hanna Komulainen, Elisa Mertaniemi, Nina Lunkka, Noora Jansson, Merja Meriläinen, Heikki Wiik, Marjo SuhonenThe purpose of this paper is to describe persuasive speech and discourses in multi-professional organizational change facilitation meetings at a hospital through rhetorical…
A narrative study of newly graduated registered Swedish nurses’ establishment in the profession and the portrayal of a healthcare organisation
Helena Blomberg, Jonas WelanderThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the participants talk about their experiences as newly graduated nurses, managers and nursing colleagues in the context of…
Governance structure and public health provision
David John Sheard, Gregory Clydesdale, Gillis MacleanA key question in the provision of public health concerns how that provision is governed. The purpose of this paper is to examine the governance structure of a public health board…
Whole systems approach: Advanced clinical practitioner development and identity in primary care
Juliana Thompson, Anne McNall, Sue Tiplady, Phil Hodgson, Carole ProudThe purpose of this paper is to ascertain primary care advanced clinical practitioners’ (ACP) perceptions and experiences of what factors influence the development and identity of…
The perception of crowding, quality and well-being: a study of Vietnamese public health services
Sukanlaya Sawang, Cindy Yunhsin Chou, Bao Quoc Truong-DinhThe purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the perception of crowding by medical staff and patients impacts patients’ perceived service quality (SQ), overall…
Perceptions of organizational readiness for training and implementation of clinic-based community health workers
Lily Lee, Susanne Montgomery, Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado, Anna Nelson, Juan Carlos BelliardThe purpose of this paper is to assess perceptions of organizational readiness to integrate clinic-based community health workers (cCHWs) between traditional CHWs and potential…
Lean bundles in health care: a scoping review
Ayman Bahjat Abdallah, Rasha Zuhair AlkhaldiThe purpose of this paper is to review original research on lean management (LM) in health care to identify potential research gaps and present recommendations for future…
Dissemination of quality improvement innovations by multisector health care alliances
Larry Hearld, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Laura J. Wolf, Yunfeng ShiMultisector health care alliances (alliances) are increasingly viewed as playing an important role in improving the health and health care of local populations, in part by…