Stand up for Positive Practice Environments

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The World Health Organization estimates a shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030, leading to poorer health outcomes and health worker well-being – a deadly serious issue for health and development worldwide.

The reasons are complex. A prevailing reason, however, is the poor quality of healthcare work environments that are undermining health service delivery and driving health professionals away from their caregiving role and country.

Positive Practice Environments – health care settings that support excellence and decent work conditions – have the power to attract and retain staff, provide quality patient care and strengthen the health sector as a whole. That’s why we are urging health professionals, managers, governments, policy and decision-makers, and community leaders, to Stand Up For Positive Practice Environments.

Watch the recorded webinar, Beyond the Applause: Demanding supportive workplaces and conditions for our frontline professionals

On 6 November 2020 the WHPA supported by the International Hospital Federation (IHF) hosted a webinar to launch the Stand Up for Positive Practice Environments campaign. The CEOs of the 5 WHPA members talk about the importance of providing supportive workplaces and conditions for our front line professionals. Darren Brown, a Physiotherapist with Long COVID also shares his experience and urges health professionals to rest, recover and pace themselves. Watch the recording.

 

Use the campaign toolkit and join us in commitment and action to turn health care settings into quality and enabling workplaces.

 

Campaign Booklets

Read the campaign booklet which provides detailed guidance on how you can use the different tools to make a difference.

 

 

Campaign booklet for health employers, managers and professionals

This campaign booklet explains the campaign and toolkit so that health employers, managers and professionals are able to use the materials. Communication is encouraged between managers and staff at health facilities to help galvanize action at a local level.

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Campaign booklet for national organizations representing health care professionals

This booklet explains the campaign and toolkit to national associations of health professionals to provide the materials to empowered activation of the campaign at a local level. Suggestions are provided on how to use the campaign to mobilise members, the media and governments.

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Campaign tools

The materials are organized into a simple framework for ease of understanding and use.

 

 

Drawing attention to the scale of the problem

Too many countries have desperate shortages of health professionals, leaving people with no access to health care.

The global health workforce crisis means… Posters

 

 

 

 

Understanding Positive Practice Environments

There are key elements in the workplace that have a direct positive impact on health outcomes and health worker well-being.

A Positive Practice Environment is… Poster | Fact sheet

Health professionals stay when they are… Poster

 

 

 

Delving deeper into specific aspects of Positive Practice Environments 

Incentive systems are an important means of attracting, retaining, motivating, satisfying and improving the performance of employees.

Effective incentive systems help because… Poster | Fact sheet

Health professionals need health care information to feel empowered, build professional self-worth, learn, diagnose, educate the public and patients, and to save lives.

Health professionals need health care information to… Poster | Fact sheet

 

Establishing Positive Practice Environments in your workplace and national health sector

Individuals can make a difference locally by assessing the quality of their practice environments, identifying any deficiencies and developing strategies to address priority gaps. 

Turn health care settings into Positive Practice Environments by… Poster | Action List

 

 

 

Activating the campaign

Raise awareness of the campaign and drive it forward using these additional tools.

Press release | Social media tiles | Social media profile covers | Campaign logo

 

Share your positive action

Share your positive action and case studies with us so we can use our global platform to inspire others.

Email us at: info@whpa.org.

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Use the hashtags: #PositivePracticeEnvironments and #StandUpforPositivePracticeEnvironments.

 

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