Shukanto Das

Biographic Data

ID7688314
NAMEShukanto Das
GIVEN NAMESShukanto
FAMILY NAMEDas
SIGNATUREDAS S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Edinburgh
ORCID0000-0001-5114-3923
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Distinguishing task shifting from task sharing through the delegating provider’s presence or absence

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Liz GrantARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Task shifting and task sharing are strategies for redistributing healthcare responsibilities to optimise healthcare services. The World Health Organization (2008) framed 'shifting' as the delegation of tasks from higher- to lower-qualified workers, while subsequent scholarship characterised 'sharing' as collaborative, team-based redistribution. However, the two approaches are often used interchangeably in literature and by practitioners. Drawing …

  • The professionalisation paradox

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Lorna Grant et al.ARTICLEHuman Resources for Health2026

    Task shifting and task sharing involve the deliberate redistribution of healthcare responsibilities to non-specialist workers to maximise resources, expand access, and enhance health. Structured training, regulatory measures, and monitoring can transform non-specialist workers into nascent professionals. While this is often assumed to be beneficial, it can create new scarcities and resource pressures. We call this the "Professionalisation paradox…

  • Task Shifting and Sharing in Indian Mental Health

    Open AccessShukanto Das, David Fearon et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2026

    India experiences a wide mental health (MH) treatment gap, with around 0.73 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, and a massive unmet need for common MH disorders. Task shifting and sharing (TS/S), which is moving tasks from specialists to less-specialised providers, offers a solution but lacks systematic implementation guidance. Unlike more procedural clinical tasks, MH care can involve multiple entry points, varied task types, and contexts where, o…

  • An updated framework for task shifting and sharing

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Lorna Grant et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Shortages of health care providers necessitate task shifting and sharing (TS/S), yet few implementation frameworks guiding these strategies exist. In 2023, we developed the first iteration of the Strategic Healthcare Implementation Framework for Task Shifting, Sharing, and Resource Enhancement (SHIFT-SHARE), a six-stage cyclical framework drawing on change management theories and implementation science. Here we present SHIFT-SHARE 2.0, updated to…

  • Can anonymisation become disempowering? Rethinking ethics for low-risk global health research

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Felicity V Mehendale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Anonymisation is intended to confer protection in research, yet in research where disclosure poses minimal threat, blanket anonymisation may disempower participants who explicitly seek recognition. Drawing on fieldwork examining task shifting and sharing in India, we present an example where the leadership of a non-profit questioned why they must stay anonymous, viewing research participation as a rare chance to share learnings, document impact, …

  • Mapping the global landscape of task shifting and sharing

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Lorna Grant et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2025

    Introduction: Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) are strategies for redistributing healthcare services among providers, popular in settings facing workforce crunches. A comprehensive mapping of global TS/S research remains lacking despite widespread implementation. Theory: We apply bibliographic techniques to map where TS/S has been prioritised, revealing patterns that inform implementation science and future strategies. Methods: We searched five d…

  • Task shifting healthcare services in the post-Covid world

    Open AccessShukanto Das, Lorna Grant et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Task shifting (TS) is the redistribution of healthcare services from specialised to less-qualified providers. Need for TS was intensified during COVID-19. We explore what impact TS had on service delivery during the pandemic and examine how the pandemic affected TS strategies globally. We searched five databases in October 2022, namely Medline, CINAHL Plus, Elsevier, Global Health and Google Scholar. 35 citations were selected following the PRISM…