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Global Government Health Partners' Forum 2006: eighteen months later
Author(s) -
Foster J.,
Guisinger V.,
Graham A.,
Hutchcraft L.,
Salmon M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00774.x
Subject(s) - workforce , government (linguistics) , general partnership , context (archaeology) , global health , public relations , nursing , medicine , community engagement , political science , medical education , public health , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , law , biology
FOSTER J., GUISINGER V., GRAHAM A., HUTCHCRAFT L. & SALMON M. (2010) Global Government Health Partners' Forum 2006: eighteen months later. International Nursing Review 57 , 173–179 Background: The challenge of global health worker shortages, particularly among nurses, has been the topic of numerous forums over the last several years. Nevertheless, there has been little attention given to the roles of government chief nursing and medical officers as key partners in addressing health worker shortages. This partnership and its potential impact on the adequacy of the global health workforce was the focus of the most recent Global Government Health Partners (GGHP) Forum held in November 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This forum was uniquely designed to create a context for government chief nursing officers and chief medical officers to engage in a joint learning and planning experience focused on positioning their leadership to impact health workforce issues. Aim: This article describes an 18‐month follow‐up evaluation of the outcomes of the GGHP. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the forum experience on the actions of participants based on the country‐level plans they produced at the forum. This important feedback is intended to inform the design of future partnered global forums and gain insights into the utility of forum‐based action plans. The evaluation process itself has served as an opportunity for the engagement of university faculty, students and staff in a global service learning experience. Conclusion: The outcomes of this evaluation indicate that important progress has been made by countries whose leadership was involved in the forum, and was also an important learning activity for those participating in the conduct of the study.