Citizens’ trust in the health care institutions as a neglected dimension in strategic health planning data from Guinea-Bissau

Authors: Joaninha D G Correia, Paulo Ferrinho, Luís Andrade
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(4), pp 1362–1365
Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3168

In this letter, we report on the level of trust in public and private sector institutions in the RGB, including health care institutions. Data were collected in a cross-sectional analytical study from RGB citizens, between 25 and 59 years of age, working for different financial and banking (n = 12) or other public (n = 46, related to the ministries of education, health, foreign affairs and finance) or private [for profit (n = 33) and not for profit (n = 21)] institutions in the country’s capital city, Bissau, who had completed secondary education.
Read More

Addressing conflicts of interest of ethical reviewers of health planning, management, policy and systems research proposals

Authors: Alexandre Manguele, Mohsin Sidat, Carel IJsselmuiden, Paulo Ferrinho
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(6), pp 2044-2047
Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3295

ABSTRACT Steering health systems towards universal health coverage requires research on themes that are of particular interest to health planning, management, policy and systems researchers. Some issues, such as strikes regarded as illegal and health sector corruption, because of their social and political sensitivity have, for too long, remained outside adequate research inquiry. Their emergence […]
Read More

The relevance of educational attainments of parents of medical students for health workforce planning: data from Guiné-Bissau

Authors: Paulo Ferrinho, Inês Fronteira, Tiago Correia, Clotilde Neves
Publication Year: 2020
Journal: Human Resources for Health volume 18 number 90
Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00528-1

Background: In this article, we analyze data collected in the context of health workforce planning (HWFP) for GuinéBissau as part of the development of the third National Health Strategy, to study the relationship between educational achievement of parents and medical student characteristics and professional expectations. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study of all frst-year medical students in […]
Read More

Citizens’ trust in the health care institutions as a neglected dimension in strategic health planning data from Guinea-Bissau

Addressing conflicts of interest of ethical reviewers of health planning, management, policy and systems research proposals

The relevance of educational attainments of parents of medical students for health workforce planning: data from Guiné-Bissau

About GHTM

Contacts

Funding