Workforce innovations for better performing health systems in Europe: linking evidence, policy and practice

• Autor(a) principal: Beja, André
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Esteves, Roberto, Temido, Marta, Dussault, Gilles, Craveiro, Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.25761/anaisihmt.274

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the achievement of universal health coverage in Europe make a health workforce fit-forthis purposes more necessary than ever. Several examples of WHO initiatives or distinct measures implemented in different countries show that there is a knowledge base for strengthen the health workforce that seems to be underutilized by policy-makers, which raises questions about technical and political difficulties in sharing, integrating and implementing innovation. With these questions in mind, the Institute for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Lisbon) convened a conference to take stock of some innovations in education, teamwork, skills-mix, recruitment and retention, planning, management and governance and to discuss their contribution to improve the performance of the health workforce. Additionally, participants reflected on facilitators and barriers to changing the health workforce. The authors of this paper gathered the "take-home messages" of the event. This article presents the main messages drawn from the presentations, intersecting them with literature, and discusses the issue of the use of evidence to inform policy and decision-making in relation to health workforce development. It emphasizes the need to promote innovation through evidence-based and agenda-driven strategies, which considers sociopolitical contexts, population needs and stakeholder engagement.