title: Health human resource planning requires an effective staff retention policy.
abstract: Planning for health human resources requires us to think about the forces and factors that attract healthcare professionals to their jobs and keep them there. However, the forces for attracting healthcare employees to a job are not the same as those factors that keep them there. Without effective recruitment and retention policies for healthcare professionals, planning initiatives will continue to be ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kent V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Rondeau
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006285:Health Planning; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards