Planning, development, and maintenance of the MCH workforce

Jeffrey M. Smith; Anne Hyre

doi:10.1007/b106524_28

Planning, development, and maintenance of the MCH workforce

Jeffrey M. Smith, Anne Hyre

School of Medicine

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Learning Objectives: After reading this chapter and answering the discussion questions that follow, you should be able to Discuss the relationship between health worker density and maternal and child health indicators. Critically analyze the challenges in health sector human resource planning, development, and maintenance in developing countries. Identify and discuss elements of successful training programs with respect to deployment, integration, supervision, support, and retention of MCH workers. Evaluate factors that influence the performance MCH workers and discuss gender issues related to MCH workforce in developing countries.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Maternal and Child Health
Subtitle of host publication	Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies
Publisher	Springer US
Pages	515-532
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9780387892443
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/b106524_28
State	Published - Dec 1 2009

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