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Question:

In addition to doctors, nurses, and clinical officers, the global health workforce includes:

Response:

Medical office workers

Untrained volunteers and social workers

Traditional healers

Women who care for chronically ill family members

All of the above

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Question:

Although Africa has 24% of the global burden of disease, it has:

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18% of the global health workforce

3% of the global health workforce

14% of the global health workforce

0.5% of the global health workforce

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Question:

Promising HRH practices to improve retention of health workers include all of the following except:

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Offering non-financial incentives

Improving the work climate

Denying opportunities for continuing professional development

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Question:

Benefits of HRH practices from the perspective of health workers include:

Response:

Fair compensation

A clear path for career advancement

Improved work environments

All of the above

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Question:

Partnerships for national HRH actions should be all of the following except:

Response:

Diverse in terms of gender, culture, etc.

Unaware of district and local HRH needs and practices

Representative of all sectors (e.g., public, private, faith-based)

Ready to take immediate action to address critical HRH issues

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Question:

In the field of HRH, "HAF" stands for:

Response:

Health Activists Forum

HRH Action Framework

Health Action Framework

HRH Activists Federation

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Question:

Open source electronic human resources information systems (HRIS) are available that enable health system
planners to:

Response:

Project the number of health workers that need to be trained

Ensure that health professionals have the requisite qualifications for practice

Identify open and filled positions

Ensure that all employed nurses have active practice licenses

All of the above

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Question:

A health worker productivity study conducted in Zanzibar found that workers spend significant time in unproductive
activities, most commonly:

Response:

Sitting in meetings

Looking for appropriate equipment and supplies

Watching television

Waiting for patients to arrive

Talking on mobile telephones

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Question:

The development of standardized national health facility safety guidelines is an example of:

Response:

Workforce planning

Workforce support

Workforce development

Workforce partnerships

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Question:
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Response:

Deploy health workers with competencies that match the health needs and priorities of the communities
served

Assign workers to posts far from their home regions so they are not tempted to go home

Deploy workers to posts where the culture and languages of the clientele are different in order to
maintain diversity

Once deployed, workers do not need further support

All of the above

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Question:

Key health worker training strategies include:

Response:

Align pre-service curricula with national health priorities

Streamline curricula to focus on the skills required for specific jobs

Use learner-centered, participatory training approaches

All of the above

a and c only

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Question:

Productivity, supportive supervision, and retention are key elements of:

Response:

Workforce development

Task shifting

Continuing professional development

Workforce support

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Question:

Simple strategies like posting facility hours and services, holding weekly staff meetings, and strengthening skills of
supervisors can result in:
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Increased worker productivity

Time wasted doing unproductive tasks

Increased job satisfaction and intention to stay on the job

A and C above

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Question:

Some developing countries suffering from a lack of working clinicians have a large pool of trained clinicians who
are not employed due to inefficiencies in recruitment and deployment systems.

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True True

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Question:

Although health workers benefit from improved HRH practices, their patients do not.

Response:

Correct Answer User answer Feedback

False False Patients also benefit from improved HRH practices in a number of ways.

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Question:

Trained, experienced and empowered HR managers, with adequate staff and budgets, can help ensure that health
staff are recruited and hired in an efficient and transparent manner.

Response:

Correct Answer User answer

True True