Paliani Chinguwo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paliani Chinguwo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paliani |
| FAMILY NAME | Chinguwo |
| SIGNATURE | CHINGUWO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8500-3259 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Implications of Occupational Stress and Burnout on Patient Safety at Public Hospitals in Malawi
Due to an acute shortage of medical doctors, clinical officers (COs) in Malawi are tasked with duties that conventionally fall within the purview of the former. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that excessive workload and long hours of work are psychosocial hazards that contribute to occupational stress (OS) and burnout among COs at public hospitals. The study used a qualitative research approach. The study sites comprised five state‐o…
Implications of task shifting on power relations in healthcare
In Malawi, there exists a group of medical professionals known as clinical officers (COs) who assume responsibilities typically carried out by doctors due to the current scarcity of the latter. This paper seeks to explain how the introduction of COs as part of implementing task shifting in healthcare, unintentionally became a terrain for the contestation of power between COs and physicians. The research from which this paper originates used a qua…
How Excessive Workloads and Long Hours of Work Contribute to Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Clinical Officers at Public Hospitals in Malawi
In Malawi, there is a cadre of mid-level health workers called clinical officers (COs) who undertake duties conventionally performed by medical doctors in the wake of an acute shortage of the latter. This paper argues that excessive workload and long hours of work are psychosocial hazards at public hospitals in Malawi that contribute to occupational stress (OS) and burnout among COs. The study from which this paper is derived adopted a qualitativ…
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How Excessive Workloads and Long Hours of Work Contribute to Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Clinical Officers at Public Hospitals in Malawi
In Malawi, there is a cadre of mid-level health workers called clinical officers (COs) who undertake duties conventionally performed by medical doctors in the wake of an acute shortage of the latter. This paper argues that excessive workload and long hours of work are psychosocial hazards at public hospitals in Malawi that contribute to occupational stress (OS) and burnout among COs. The study from which this paper is derived adopted a qualitativ…
Implications of task shifting on power relations in healthcare
In Malawi, there exists a group of medical professionals known as clinical officers (COs) who assume responsibilities typically carried out by doctors due to the current scarcity of the latter. This paper seeks to explain how the introduction of COs as part of implementing task shifting in healthcare, unintentionally became a terrain for the contestation of power between COs and physicians. The research from which this paper originates used a qua…
Implications of Occupational Stress and Burnout on Patient Safety at Public Hospitals in Malawi
Due to an acute shortage of medical doctors, clinical officers (COs) in Malawi are tasked with duties that conventionally fall within the purview of the former. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that excessive workload and long hours of work are psychosocial hazards that contribute to occupational stress (OS) and burnout among COs at public hospitals. The study used a qualitative research approach. The study sites comprised five state‐o…
Medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Burnout (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Occupational safety and health (2 works) · Occupational stress (2 works) · Psychosocial (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works)