AIM To develop a typology and screening tool for gatekeeping behaviours by nurses responsible for recruitment in palliative care research. DESIGN Concurrent analysis. METHOD Two focus groups were conducted in 2015 with nine qualified hospice community nurses involved in recruitment to a trial in palliative care. The literature was searched for research into gatekeeping from 2000-2016. All n...

Background Shortages of health workers in rural areas are a global problem. The problem is more acute in poorer countries where the distribution of skilled, supported and motivated health workers is affected by internal and international migration. In Nepal, most women deliver at home, and the government has prioritized training and recruitment of nurses in rural areas to meet development goals...

OBJECTIVES Growing numbers of people are migrating outside their country for work, and many experience precarious conditions, which have been linked to poor physical and mental health. While international dialogue on human trafficking, forced labour and slavery increases, prevalence data of such experiences remain limited. METHODS Men from Dolakha, Nepal, who had ever migrated outside of Nepa...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem, comparable to stroke in incidence and prevalence. Few interventions have proven efficacy in TBI, and clinical trials are, therefore, necessary to advance management in TBI. We describe the current clinical trial landscape in traumatic brain injury and compare it with the trial efforts for stroke. For this, we analysed all strok...

Globalisation and international student staff mobility are not new phenomena, South African universities have been fairly successful in the recruitment of internationals – particularly from other countries, yet challenges associated with internationalising remain persistent. This study sought to examine faced by students at a rural university Africa. We relied on qualitative research approach w...

International student migration (ISM) makes up an increasingly significant part of all international migration. Scholars have unpacked various aspects this global mobility. While ISM scholarship has largely focused on a particular stream migration—namely, from the Global South to North—recent studies expanded research include more diverse case studies. also analysed education agents, who provid...

This paper examines the policy context of the rise in the international mobility and migration of nurses. It describes the profile of the migration of nurses and the policy context governing the international recruitment of nurses to five countries: Australia, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We also examine the policy challenges for workforce planning and the design ...