An assessment of staffing needs at a HIV clinic in a Western Kenya using the WHO workload indicators of staffing need WISN, 2011

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• 作者：B. Burmen ; N. Owuor ; P. Mitei
• 关键词：Adequacy of human resources ; Staffing needs ; HIV/AIDS health services
• 刊名：Human Resources for Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：420KB
• 刊物主题：Health Administration; Social Policy; Human Resource Management; Human Resource Development; Practice and Hospital Management;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1478-4491
• 卷排序：15

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BackgroundAn optimal number of health workers, who are appropriately allocated across different occupations and geographical regions, are required to ensure population coverage of health interventions. Health worker shortages in HIV care provision are highest in areas that are worst hit by the HIV epidemic. Kenya is listed among countries that experience health worker shortages (<2.5 health workers per 1000 population) and have a high HIV burden (HIV prevalence 5.6 with 15.2% in Nyanza province). We set out to determine the optimum number of clinicians required to provide quality consultancy HIV care services at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, JOOTRH, HIV Clinic, the premier HIV clinic in Nyanza province with a cumulative client enrolment of PLHIV of over 20,000 persons.