Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) involves the redistribution of health tasks within workforces and communities. Conceptual frameworks lay out the key factors, constructs, and variables involved in a given phenomenon, as well as the relationships between those factors. Though TS/S is a leading strategy to address health worker shortages and improve access to services worldwide, a conceptual framework for this approach is lacking.

Methods

We used an online Delphi process to engage an international panel of scholars with experience in knowledge synthesis concerning TS/S and develop a conceptual framework for TS/S. We invited 55 prospective panelists to participate in a series of questionnaires exploring the purpose of TS/S and the characteristics of contexts amenable

SUBMITTER: Orkin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091141 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature