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HOT4FP: A Tool for Optimizing HRH to Deliver More Efficient Family Planning Services through Task-Sharing

04 May HOT4FP: A Tool for Optimizing HRH to Deliver More Efficient Family Planning Services through Task-Sharing

Posted at 04 May 2021 in Family planning, Global Resources, Performance and productivity, Resources, Tools by

Providing client-centered family planning (FP) services requires a strong, well-managed health workforce. In order to deliver effective healthcare—especially to maintain essential primary care and FP services during public health emergencies—it is important for health facilities, national human resources for health (HRH) planners, and implementing partners to use HRH data to determine how to best configure their health workforce and services.

With funding from USAID, HRH2030 has created the HRH Optimization Tool for Family Planning—HOT4FP—to increase health workforce efficiencies by identifying and addressing HRH bottlenecks at frontline health facilities. HOT4FP supports comprehensive planning and management of a more adaptive and diverse health workforce for achieving FP2030 goals.

What does the tool do?

This tool enables clinic managers (site level) as well as district health management teams, and national/regional HRH planners and managers (above site) to use their existing health workforce and service delivery data to dynamically configure their HRH planning to their own context and priorities, including:

  • Identifying and correcting HRH imbalances within and across health facilities
  • Promoting client-centered services through task-sharing and expanding service delivery beyond facility walls
  • Strengthening community engagement and health systems support functions
  • Budgeting to address workforce gaps

Outputs from the tool enable users to make informed decisions for maximizing the use of the available workforce and to generate estimates of additional human resources needs where appropriate. More information about the tool is available here or by accessing the associated content below.

Access the Tool

The tool is available in English and French. In French, the tool is named AVANCE-PF  (Approche Vers une Amélioration Nette Concernant les Effectifs pour la prestation du Planning Familial – Un outil pour maximiser les ressources humaines pour la santé).

 

(Version 1.001, updated 05/04/2021 – requires Excel 2010 or later).

 

Associated Content:

 

Country: Global

Resource Type: Tool

Topic: Performance & Productivity, Family Planning

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