background nowadays task sharing is a way to optimize utilization of human resources for health. this study was designed to assess the effect of task sharing, mutually between midwives and family health workforces (fhws), on the number of needed staff across the iranian health posts.   methods the workload and required number of midwives and fhws in a health post were calculated and compared in...

Background Nowadays task sharing is a way to optimize utilization of human resources for health. This study was designed to assess the effect of task sharing, mutually between midwives and Family Health Workforces (FHWs), on the number of needed staff across the Iranian Health Posts.   Methods The workload and required number of midwives and FHWs in a Health Post were calculated and compared in...

Abstract Background Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) involves the redistribution of health tasks within workforces communities. Conceptual frameworks lay out key factors, constructs, variables involved in a given phenomenon, as well relationships between those factors. Though TS/S is leading strategy to address worker shortages improve access services worldwide, conceptual framework for this ap...