Quality-Enhancing Incentive Initiatives for Hospital Care: Policy Implications and Management Requirements

Social care policy-making seeks to address longstanding staff recruitment and retention problems but also to protect vulnerable clients from harm. Internationally many states have policies requiring disclosure of conviction histories by applicants seeking work with vulnerable populations. Policies also seek to encourage rehabilitation of people with offending histories, particularly in countries with high employment. This article presents and discusses the policy implications of a scoping review conducted in 2019 to explore evidence of current practice in employing people with criminal records as care workers in social care and the potential to recruit new staff from this group. The literature contains limited evidence about the effectiveness of policies inhibiting or facilitating social care work by people with criminal records. Further research should clarify policy contradictions, identify barriers and facilitators in different parts of the care sector to employment and protection, while holistic evaluation of initiatives in this area is needed.

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Surveillance for Equity in Primary Health Care: Policy Implications from International Experience

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/21.6.1043 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 1043-1049 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

CARL E TAYLOR

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Health Care Policy ◽

International Experience ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Care Policy ◽

Primary Health

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Community-based wound care in the Netherlands: Implementing a regional network for wound care

10.35279/jewma202011.09 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (Issue 1 Volume 21, 2020) ◽

pp. 61-67

Author(s):

Jacques Oskam ◽

Annemiek Stienstra

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Hospital Care ◽

Health Care Policy ◽

Wound Care ◽

Regional Network ◽

Care Policy ◽

Community Based ◽

National Health Care ◽

Regional Community

The transition of hospital care to primary care is one of the mainstays of national health care policy in the Netherlands. This paper presents the results of a successful initiative to establish a regional community-based wound care network in the Zwolle region of the Netherlands.

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Primary Health Care Policy Implementation Performance in Bangladesh: Affecting Factors

Journal of Public Administration and Governance ◽

10.5296/jpag.v8i1.12782 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 317

Author(s):

Md. Mohoshin Ali

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Policy ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Policy Implementation ◽

Health Care Policy ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Care Policy ◽

Primary Health ◽

Health Policy Implementation ◽

Goals And Objectives

The extent of how health policy implementation performance is taking route at the national level is a very important issue as far as world population levels in relation to the future workforce is concerned. These require properly implementation of health policy by the respective government. This study was tried in unearthing factors related to primary health care policy implementation in Bangladesh. An integrated conceptual framework was developed based on a review of the literature. Primary data were collected from the total population of 424 Upazilla Health and Family Planning Officers (UH&FPO). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis as a tool of the quantitative method was used. The results revealed that four out of seven explanatory variables were statistically significant and had a unique contribution for the relationships with health policy implementation performance ordering as per the strength; Implementer’s Disposition (ID), Clarity of Goals and Objectives (COGAO), Management Dynamics (MD), and Coordination (COORD). The study also envisioned to recommend policy implications as; the policy makers ought to revise the goals and objectives of the health policy that must be specific measurable achievable realistic and timebound (SMART), government should allocate more resources in primary health care, inter-organizational coordination should be strengthened, to prominence on innovation for effective health care delivery using technology, research and development and health and well-being management, to motivate health providers regarding their responsibility, devotion and attitude, to get local support specially from local government and administration, and to ensure gender equality deploying female doctors as UH&FPO. Finally, the findings expected to benefit the society considering the contribution of new knowledge generated in the field of policy implementation.

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