Equity-oriented toolkit for health technology assessment and knowledge translation: application to scaling up of training and education for health workers

• Main Authors: Walker Peter (Author), Hatcher Roberts Janet (Author), Tugwell Peter (Author), Ueffing Erin (Author), Hamel Nadia (Author), Welch Vivian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-67; 1478-4491
• Keywords: Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Human Resources for Health, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 67 (2009)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Human resources for health are in crisis worldwide, especially in economically disadvantaged areas and areas with high rates of HIV/AIDS in both health workers and patients. International organizations such as the Global Health Workforce Alliance have been established to address this crisis. A technical working group within the Global Health Workforce Alliance developed recommendations for scaling up education and training of health workers. The paper will illustrate how decision-makers can use evidence and tools from an equity-oriented toolkit to scale up training and education of health workers, following five recommendations of the technical working group. The Equity-Oriented Toolkit, developed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, has four major steps: (1) burden of illness; (2) community effectiveness; (3) economic evaluation; and (4) knowledge translation/implementation. Relevant tools from each of these steps will be matched with the appropriate recommendation from the technical working group.</p>