Building Workforce Capacities in Bogota, Colombia

Francisco Lamus, Rosa Margarita Durán, Luz Adriana Soto, Esperanza Avellaneda and Sonia Restrepo
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Francisco Lamus: Universidad de la Sabana (CESCUS)
Rosa Margarita Durán: University of La Sabana
Esperanza Avellaneda: Universidad de la Sabana (CESCUS)
Sonia Restrepo: University of La Sabana

Chapter 8 in Leadership Development for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, 2014, pp 126-150 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes and analyses a strategy to improve the capacity and quality of care of the maternal and child healthcare workforce throughout the city of Bogota between 2004 and 2011, referencing significant landmarks acknowledged by participant health professionals. We report how a network of health professionals developed a community-based approach to ensure an equitable head start for children in the city of Bogota. The health professionals worked together to improve their competencies in maternal and child healthcare, while building a knowledge network based on existing evidence of how an equitable start in life provides the structure to build citizenship and human and social capital (Sen, 1999). Overall we believe that this process was an excellent example of leadership in action.

Keywords: Knowledge Network; Health Service Delivery; Leadership Development; Epidemiologic Transition; Local Health Authority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137363022_8

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