Table 5

Potential effect of selected staff characteristics on efficiency and implications for additional programme management resource needs

Factor
Effect on efficiency
Implications

Decreased morale
Decrease
Increase staff support and supervision, plan for retention, access to ART
Increased experience
Increase
Plan to increase retention to keep experienced staff
Increased training
Increase long term (short-term training time may decrease efficiency)
Plan for quality training on-hire (practical and didactic), continuing education, work to integrate into preclinical education in health services
Staff flexibility
Potentially increase
Provide education and support to encourage staff willing to expand/change roles to increase efficiency of the overall programme

Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1