Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN, is a leader in global health, systems, and workforce. Principal of the consultant practice Global Health-Health Systems-Philanthropy, she works with multilateral organizations, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and donors. Lead editor of the book Transforming the Global Health Workforce (DeLuca and Soucat, 2013), she is a registered professio...

Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN, is a leader in global health, systems, and workforce. Principal of the consultant practice Global Health-Health Systems-Philanthropy, she works with multilateral organizations, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and donors. Lead editor of the book Transforming the Global Health Workforce (DeLuca and Soucat, 2013), she is a registered professio...

Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN, is a leader in global health, systems, and workforce. Founder of the consultancy Global Health-Health Systems-Philanthropy, she is lead co-editor of the recent book, Transforming the Global Health Workforce (DeLuca and Soucat, 2013). A registered professional nurse, she is a research assistant professor in the School of Medicine and adjunct associate professor in the...

Adequate health workforce alone will not ensure optimal health service access. We consider what an effective and sustainable health system for rural and remote Australia might look like in 2025, briefly describe some of the barriers to achieving this vision and propose how these challenges may be overcome. More radical change is required on at least four fronts: changing the prevailing ethos ab...

There is a paucity of information about the nation's local governmental public health agency (LPHA) workforce. Without additional research, crucial questions about the individuals providing front-line public health services remain unanswered. Current national efforts to develop a public health workforce research agenda must include strategies for collecting basic data on local governmental publ...

BACKGROUND Modern healthcare managers are faced with pressure to deliver effective, efficient services within the context of fixed budget constraints. Managers are required to make decisions regarding the skill mix of the workforce particularly when staffing new services. One measure used to identify numbers and mix of staff in healthcare settings is workforce ratio. The aim of this study was t...

BACKGROUND The availability of reliable and comprehensive information on the health workforce is crucial for workforce planning. In India, routine information sources on the health workforce are incomplete and unreliable. This paper addresses this issue and provides a comprehensive picture of India's health workforce. METHODS Data from the 68th round (July 2011 to June 2012) of the National S...

A well-educated workforce is essential to the infrastructure of a public health system (1). At a time when global focus on public health is increasing, a severe shortage of public health professionals is projected (2). A strong educational framework is thus imperative to ensure the capacity and capability of the worldwide public health workforce for the future. The education of those who work i...