Retratamos a evolução da enfermagem em Portugal desde a criação do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) em 1979, focando sobre os efetivos, a formação, as condições de trabalho, a carreira, e a organização profissional. Utilizamos a literatura sobre a evolução do sector da saúde em Portugal, e fontes de dados estatísticos da Ordem dos Enfermeiros e do SNS. Nos últimos 40 anos, o número de enfermeiros aumentou de 233...
Objective: to analyze the challenges in the formation of the workforce, emphasison the medical category, that respond to the new needs generated by the demographic, epidemiological transition, by the new technological incorporations and demands of the users of the health services in Portuguese speaking countries. Methods: the paper based on literature review, the reading of the preparatory documents for t...
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the achievement of universal health coverage in Europe make a health workforce fit-forthis purposes more necessary than ever. Several examples of WHO initiatives or distinct measures implemented in different countries show that there is a knowledge base for strengthen the health workforce that seems to be underutilized by policy-makers, which raises question...
This art icle reviews the recent literature on issues of at t ract ion and retent ion of qualified health workers in underserved areas such as rural, isolated or poor urban areas. The reasons of workers for avoiding these areas are pret ty well known. St rategies of at t ract ion and retent ion are proposed in the literature but the evidence as to their effect iveness is usually limited. What seems more co n se...
The global debate on scientific research policy for human health has been led by World Health Organisation with important contributions from other stakeholders such as Council on Health Research for Development, the World Bank and the Global Forum for Health Research. Recently it has been dominated by the thematic agendas of major global financiers. There is a growing interest worldwide in making better use of ...
After more than 40 years of democracy and 30 years of European integration, Portugal has bridged the research gap it had previously. However, when compared to global and European research policies, Portugal still has a long way go regarding investment in research and development. Health Research in Portugal has been managed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and the National Health Institute Doctor Ric...
This study extends the Registered Nurses Forecasting (RN4CAST) study evidence base with newly collected data from Portuguese nurses working in acute care hospitals, in which the measurement of the quality of work environment, workload and its association with intention-to-leave emerge as of key importance. Data included surveys of 2235 nurses in 144 nursing units in 31 hospitals via stratified random sampling. ...
Brasil e Portugal vêm enfrentando desafios na área dos recursos humanos em saúde (RHS) como o de atrair e reter profissionais em áreas remotas e carentes, o que contribui para a redução do acesso aos serviços. O estudo tem como objetivo compreender a influência da evidência científica no processo da formulação de políticas de RHS, que visem melhorar a equidade da distribuição geográfica dos profissionais. É com...