Retention of immigrant doctors and nurses in the medical labour markets of the Nordic countries: a scoping review.

Aims: In Nordic countries, the influx of immigrant doctors and nurses has been increasing since 2005, however retention remains a challenge. The aims of this scoping review were to examine the facilitators and barriers to the retention of immigrant doctors and nurses in the Nordic countries in order to inform future studies and interventions.

Method: A scoping review of peer-reviewed studies focusing on the retention of immigrant doctors and nurses in the Nordic countries was conducted using the framework developed by Arksey and O'Malley.

Financial Stress Amongst People Who Self-Harm in Sri Lanka.

Objective: Socioeconomic status deprivation is known to be associated with self-harm in Western countries but there is less information about this association in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). One way of investigating this is to assess the prevalence of indicators of financial stress in people who self-harm. We have assessed the prevalence and correlates of day-to-day financial hardships amongst individual presenting with non-fatal self-harm to hospitals in Sri Lanka.

Temporalities of oxytocin for labour augmentation: a mixed-methods study of time factors shaping labour practices in a busy maternity unit in Tanzania.

Background: High rates of labour augmentation with oxytocin have been found in some low- and lower-middle-income countries, causing potential perinatal harm. It is critical to understand the reasons for this overuse. Aim was to explore factors that shape practices around using oxytocin for labour augmentation in a high-volume labour ward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.