Improving immunization coverage and equity - technical resources
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| Resource | Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To provide an overview of the health worker's wokrload. |
| Content | The approach is based on a health worker’s workload, with activity (time) standards applied for each workload component. Using the WISN approach allows health managers to: determine how many health workers are required to cope with actual workload in a given facility; estimate staffing required to deliver expected services of a facility based on workload; calculate workload and time required to accomplish tasks of individual staff categories; compare staffing between health facilities and administrative areas; understand workload of staff at a given facility; establish fair workload distribution among staff; assess the workload pressure of the health workers in that facility. The WISN method is realistic in providing practical targets for budgeting and resource allocation. |
| Use | Requires user input. The WISN process needs to be applied to answer a clearly defined question, but does not require special data collection exercise because it uses available service statistics. |
| Contraints/Limitations | Given that WISN uses available service statistics, it is important to check the timeliness of the data used in case it is outdated. |
| Example criteria this resource could address | The WISN allows to plan future staffing on health facilities, by using data on anticipated workloads of planned future services, meaning can see what the impact on health workforce would be due to changes affected by the decision question. |
| Additional Links | |
| Link to access the resource | /en/component/content/article/workload-indicators-of-staffing-need-wisn?catid=649&Itemid=101 |