17 Mar Case Study: Opportunities for Increasing Youth Employment in Health in Indonesia
To draw connections between educators, employers, and youth—and to highlight opportunities to support youth to secure careers in health—HRH2030 developed the Youth Employment in Health Framework, illustrating how health professional schools, health employers, and policymakers can adapt positive youth development approaches to build and support the future health workforce. The HRH2030 framework draws on WHO’s health labor market framework and USAID Youth Power’s Positive Youth Development Framework and includes best practices for the education sector and health employers to bolster opportunities for youth careers in health.
In this case study, HRH2030 tested the global framework for youth employment in health to see how it could be applied to one country, Indonesia, under the guiding question: How can HRH2030’s framework for optimal partnerships and opportunities provide value for Indonesia? By applying the framework to the Indonesia context, we aimed to identify opportunities and potential partnerships to support youth to secure jobs in health and fill emerging health workforce skill gaps in response to Indonesia’s youth unemployment challenges
The case study found that in Indonesia, where 1.7 million youth enter the workforce each year, there are pathways for educators and employers to support youth for careers in health—presenting potential ‘win-win’ solutions that may economically empower youth while also filling health workforce gaps. These opportunities can be realized through better data sharing, improvements in job advertising and career guidance, developing youth’s soft skills, and successful partnerships.
Associated content:
Technical brief: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions: Best Practices and Opportunities to Increase Youth Employment in Health
Materials from the 2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit
Building the Future Health Workforce 2030: Opportunities for Youth Employment in Health (from the 2018 Global Youth Economic Summit)
Blog: Let’s Transform Health Professional Education to Better Serve Our Youth and Communities
Country: Indonesia
Resource Type: Case study
Topic: Skill mix and competency
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