The meaning of "capacity building" for the nurse workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: An integrative review

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Laura Jean RidgeAllison Squires

Abstract

"Capacity building" is an international development strategy which receives billions of dollars of investment annually and is utilized by major development agencies globally. However, there is a lack of consensus around what "capacity building", or even "capacity" itself, means. Nurses are the frequent target of capacity building programming in sub-Saharan Africa as they provide the majority of healthcare in that region. This study explored how "capacity" was conceptualized and operationalized by capacity building practitioners working in sub-Saharan Africa to develop its nursing workforce, and to assess Grindle and Hilderbrand's (1995) "Dimensions of Capacity" model was for fit with "capacity's" definition in the field. An integrative review of the literature using systematic search criteria. PubMed, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus, the Excerpt Medica Database, and Web of Science. This review utilized conventional content analysis to assess how capacity building practitioners working in sub-Saharan Africa utilize the term "capacity" in the nursing context. Content analysis was conducted separately for how capacity building practitioners described "capacity" versus how their programs operation...Continue Reading

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Apr 3, 2019·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Pakvilai Srisaeng, Michele J Upvall

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