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Background Task shifting has become an increasingly popular way to increase access to health services, especially in low-resource settings. Research has demonstrated that task shifting, including the use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver care,
Gabriel Seidman, Rifat Atun
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The shifting shelf task: a new, non-verbal measure for attentional set shifting [PDF]
Attentional set shifting is a core ingredient of cognition, allowing for fast adaptation to changes in the environment. How this skill compares between humans and other primates is not well known. We examined performance of 3- to 5-year-old children and chimpanzees on a new attentional set shifting task.
Reindl, E. +8 more
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Background: Task shifting has been suggested to meet the demand for initiating and managing more patients on antiretroviral therapy. Although the idea of task shifting is not new, it acquires new relevance in the context of current healthcare delivery ...
Talitha Crowley, Pat Mayers
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Shifting development in mid-childhood: the influence of between-task interference [PDF]
Performance on the task-switching paradigm is greatly affected by the amount of conflict between tasks. Compared to adults, children appear to be particularly influenced by this conflict, suggesting that the ability to resolve interference between tasks ...
Cragg, Lucy, Nation, Kate
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Task Shifting in radiological area: survey in Veneto Region
reservedIl processo di Task Shifting viene definito, da WHO, come l’insieme di attività correlate e svolte al fine della redistribuzione razionale delle competenze nei lavoratori del settore salute.
GRIGGIO, GIULIA
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Background Human resources for health (HRH) shortages are a major limitation to equitable access to healthcare. African countries have the most severe shortage of HRH in the world despite rising communicable and non-communicable disease (NCD) burden ...
Ikechi G. Okpechi +27 more
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Integrated care pathways and task shifting [PDF]
Delivery of HIV care has evolved over the last 10 years, and nurse specialists are a driving force in developing new pathways to enhance patient care. Despite the continued rise in numbers of people living with HIV, the financial constraints on the NHS have unfortunately resulted in a reduction in service provision.
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Pluralistic Task Shifting for a More Timely Cancer Diagnosis
Objective: To explore how cancer could be diagnosed in a more timely way. Design: Classic grounded theory analysis of primary care physicians’ free text survey responses to: “How do you think the speed of diagnosis of cancer in primary care could be ...
Hans Thulesius +11 more
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Aim To describe the complexity and criticality of neonatal nursing tasks and existing task‐sharing practices to identify tasks that might be safely shared in inpatient neonatal settings.
Gregory B. Omondi +5 more
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Antifungal Stewardship Task Shifting Required of Pharmacists
Similar to antimicrobial stewardship, the concept of antifungal stewardship (AFS) has also received attention. AFS outcomes include reduced healthcare costs, avoidance of adverse events, and increased implementation of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM).
Ebihara, Fumiya +4 more
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