Health sector reforms and human resources for health in Uganda and Bangladesh: mechanisms of effect

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dc.contributor.authorSsengooba, Freddie
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Syed A.
dc.contributor.authorHongoro, Charles
dc.contributor.authorRutebemberwa, Elizeus
dc.contributor.authorMustafa, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorKielmann, Tara
dc.contributor.authorMcPake, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T12:49:40Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T12:49:40Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractDespite the expanding literature on how reforms may affect health workers and which reactions they may provoke, little research has been conducted on the mechanisms of effect through which health sector reforms either promote or discourage health worker performance. This paper seeks to trace these mechanisms and examines the contextual framework of reform objectives in Uganda and Bangladesh, and health workers' responses to the changes in their working environments by taking a 'realistic evaluation' approach. Methods: The study findings were generated by triangulating both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis among policy technocrats, health managers and groups of health providers. Quantitative surveys were conducted with over 700 individual health workers in both Bangladesh and Uganda and supplemented with qualitative data obtained from focus group discussions and key interviews with professional cadres, health managers and key institutions involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of the reforms of interest. Results: The reforms in both countries affected the workforce through various mechanisms. In Bangladesh, the effects of the unification efforts resulted in a power struggle and general mistrust between the two former workforce tracts, family planning and health. However positive effects of the reforms were felt regarding the changes in payment schemes. Ugandan findings show how the workforce responded to a strong and rapidly implemented system of decentralisation where the power of new local authorities was influenced by resource constraints and nepotism in recruitment. On the other hand, closer ties to local authorities provided the opportunity to gain insight into the operational constraints originating from higher levels that health staff were dealing with.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsengooba, F., Rahman, S. A., Hongoro, C., Rutebemberwa, E., Mustafa, A., Kielmann, T., & McPake, B. (2007). Health sector reforms and human resources for health in Uganda and Bangladesh: mechanisms of effect. Human resources for health, 5(1), 1-13.10.1186/1478-4491-5-3en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1186/1478-4491-5-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2732
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHuman resources for healthen_US
dc.subjectHealth sectoren_US
dc.subjectreformsen_US
dc.subjecthuman resourcesen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleHealth sector reforms and human resources for health in Uganda and Bangladesh: mechanisms of effecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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