Successes and challenges towards improving quality of primary health care services: a scoping review

Successes and challenges towards improving quality of primary health care services: a scoping review

Abstract Background Quality health services build communities’ and patients’ trust in health care. It enhances the acceptability of services and increases health service coverage. Quality primary health care is imperative for universal health coverage through expanding health institutions and increasing…

Preparedness, impacts, and responses of public health emergencies towards health security: qualitative synthesis of evidence

Preparedness, impacts, and responses of public health emergencies towards health security: qualitative synthesis of evidence

Abstract Background Natural and human-made public health emergencies (PHEs), such as armed conflicts, floods, and disease outbreaks, influence health systems including interruption of delivery and utilization of health services, and increased health service needs. However, the intensity and types of…

Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence

Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence

Abstract Background Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and…

A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact

A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact

Abstract Background The growing adoption of continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives in healthcare has generated a surge in research interest to gain a deeper understanding of CQI. However, comprehensive evidence regarding the diverse facets of CQI in healthcare has been…