tailieunhanh - Child health nurses in the Solomon Islands: lessons for the Pacific and other developing countries

The USG vision for the Global Health Initiative (GHI) in Indonesia is to further strengthen the implementation, reach, and impact of health activities by increasing alignment, coordination and synergies across USG agencies in line with GOI priorities. Current activities and strategies throughout the USG health portfolio strongly reflect the core tenets of GHI – country ownership and whole of government approaches. The GHI goal for Indonesia is “Improved Health Impact through Collaboration” which will be achieved with concentrated efforts in three interrelated focus areas | HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH Child health nurses in the Solomon Islands lessons for the Pacific and other developing countries Colquhoun et al. Colquhoun etal. Human Resources for Health 2012 10 45 http content 10 V45 2 BioMed Central Colquhoun et al. Human Resources for Health 2012 10 45 http content 10 1 45 ffW HUMAN RESOURCES ulli FOR HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Child health nurses in the Solomon Islands lessons for the Pacific and other developing countries Í- 1 s 1 1 F K -X 7 A A 1 -1- 7 - - . KI 7 I I 1 1-1- F K I 1 7 Samantha Colquhoun Divi Ogaoga2 Mathias Tamou2 Titus Nasi2 Rami Subhi and Trevor Duke1 3 Abstract Objectives To understand the roles of nurses with advanced training in paediatrics in the Solomon Islands and the importance of these roles to child health. To understand how adequately equipped child health nurses feel for these roles to identify the training needs difficulties and future opportunities. Design Semi-structured interviews. Settings Tertiary hospital district hospitals and health clinics in the Solomon Islands. Participants Twenty-one paediatric nurses were interviewed out of a total of 27 in the country. Results All nurses were currently employed in teaching clinical or management areas. At least one or two nurses were working in each of 7 of the 9 provinces in the two smaller provinces there were none. Many nurses were sole practitioners in remote locations without back-up from doctors or other experienced nurses all had additional administrative or public health duties. Different types of courses were identified a residential diploma through the University of Papua New Guinea or New Zealand and a diploma by correspondence through the University of Sydney. Conclusions Child health nurses in the Solomon Islands fulfill vital clinical public health teaching and administrative roles. Currently they are too few in number and this is a limiting factor for improving the quality