title: Human resources for health in Palestine: a policy analysis. Part II. The process of policy formulation and implementation.
abstract: This article is the presentation of part II of the analysis aiming at providing an insight and better understanding of human resources for health development within a conflicting and transitional context. This part focuses on the human resources for health (HRH) policy development in Palestine taking into consideration the critical elements in policy formulation and implementation, such as sound data based policy and planning, key stakeholders, role and implications of international cooperation. Moreover, it examines recent progress of HRH policy and constraints for implementation. Part I addresses the current situation and recent developments in HRH in Palestine.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, School of Public Health, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. motasem.hamdam@med.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: Motasem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdan
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Defever
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D019456:Health Transition; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011634:Public Health