Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tolib Mirzoev, Stephanie M. Topp, Rima A. Afifi, Racha Fadlallah, Felix Abrahams Obi, Lucy Gilson
Summary: Health policy and systems research is crucial for developing effective health systems. However, there is a lack of capacity for this type of research, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. This paper proposes a comprehensive framework for systemic capacity strengthening in health research, highlighting the importance of collective, organizational, and network-level efforts. The framework also emphasizes the need to address power dynamics in capacity strengthening work.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Stephane de la Rocque, Kaylee Marie Myhre Errecaborde, Guillaume Belot, Tianna Brand, Sean Shadomy, Sophie von Dobschuetz, Ryan Aguanno, Maud Carron, Francois Caya, Shanlong Ding, Madhur Dhingra, Daniel Donachie, Gyanendra Gongal, Peter Hoejskov, Gunel Ismayilova, Gael Lamielle, Heba Mahrous, Mariana Marrana, Serge Nzietchueng, Yooni Oh, Julio Pinto, Xavier Roche, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Cristina Rojo, Lisa Scheuermann, Julie Sinclair, Junxia Song, Artem Skrypnyk, Tieble Traore, Kachen Wongsathapornchai
Summary: Unexpected transmission of pathogens between animals, humans, and their shared environments has wide-ranging impacts on society. The collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has been ongoing for over two decades. The addition of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 2021 to form the 'Quadripartite' creates a new avenue for engaging environmental sectors in addressing health risks and improving health security globally.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ajay Tandon, K. Srinath Reddy
Summary: Public financing is crucial for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and involves redistributing resources from the well-off to the poor. To accelerate progress towards UHC, public resources must be targeted to improve service coverage and reduce out-of-pocket spending for the poor.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Andrew M. Briggs, Jason Chua, Marita Cross, Nighat Mir Ahmad, Laura Finucane, Syed Atiqul Haq, Manjul Joshipura, Asgar Ali Kalla, Lyn March, Federico Moscogiuri, Felipe J. J. Reis, Shabnum Sarfraz, Saurab Sharma, Enrique R. Soriano, Helen Slater
Summary: This paper discusses the dissemination and evaluation efforts of a roadmap for strengthening global health systems to improve musculoskeletal health. A network of dissemination partners was established, and various dissemination assets were provided to promote the roadmap. The user experience survey showed that most users found the roadmap valuable, credible, useful, and usable, and a majority of them expressed willingness to adopt it. The collection of adoption case studies provided insights into adoption practices in different contexts and settings within health systems.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cristina Mattison, Kirsty Bourret, Emmanuelle Hebert, Sebalda Leshabari, Ambrocckha Kabeya, Patrick Achiga, Jamie Robinson, Elizabeth Darling
Summary: Midwifery associations play a crucial role in supporting midwives, integrating them into health systems, and improving gender equality. Strengthening these associations is essential for the development of midwifery education, regulation, and services, ultimately leading to the creation of high-quality midwifery education systems.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kai Liu, Tianyu Wang, Chen Bai, Lingrui Liu
Summary: In the past two decades, developing countries have made efforts to improve the governance of their health systems and promote policy design. However, obstacles to policy implementation and compliance at the local level remain, especially in decentralized health systems. This study examines the policy orientations of prefectural governments in China in strengthening governance in health financing, revealing variations in policy choices and the political and fiscal dynamics of local policy orientations.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lindi Van Niekerk, Martha Milena Bautista-Gomez, Barwani Khaura Msiska, Jana Deborah B. Mier-Alpano, Arturo M. Ongkeko, Lenore Manderson
Summary: This study adopts a cross-country case study methodology to analyze three social innovations in health in the low-and middle-income countries of the Philippines, Malawi, and Colombia. The study found that these social innovations improved access and quality of health services for vulnerable rural populations through developing community capacities, leadership, and accountability. These innovations empowered communities to actively participate in conceptualizing, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining the health programs.
Article
Economics
Jacopo Gabani, Sumit Mazumdar, Marc Suhrcke
Summary: Low- and middle-income countries are considering health financing system reforms to achieve universal health coverage. This study found that transitioning from out-of-pocket dominant systems to government-financed systems had a greater positive impact on health system outcomes compared to transitioning to social health insurance. Government financing led to increased life expectancy, reduced under-5 mortality, and lower incidence of catastrophic health expenditure.
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Health Policy & Services
Alarcos Cieza, Aku Kwamie, Qhayiya Magaqa, Nino Paichadze, Carla Sabariego, Karl Blanchet, Nukhba Zia, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, Abdul Ghaffar, Bente Mikkelsen
Summary: A global consultation process was conducted to develop a research framework for rehabilitation. The framework is based on an ecological model and emphasizes the multilevel interactions needed across health systems to strengthen rehabilitation. A set of preliminary research questions was proposed to guide future research in this field.
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yue Xiao, Yingpeng Qiu, Lewis Husain, Gerald Bloom, Liwei Shi
Summary: This paper presents a case example from China where detailed deliberations were crucial in bringing together national and subnational managers to customize implementation protocols for neonatal care strategies at provincial and county levels. Through the deliberations, central-level stakeholders learned how to assist counties in supporting pilot projects and address variations in county capacities and needs.
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Management
Aydin Teymourifar, Onur Kaya, Gurkan Ozturk
Summary: Many healthcare systems have both public and private providers, with private hospitals generally offering better service but at higher prices, leading to overcrowding at public hospitals. Proposed new pricing policies and contract mechanisms aim to balance the system and improve overall social utility. Analytical models are used to suggest optimal contract mechanisms and parameters, which have shown significant improvements in system performance.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Management
Aydin Teymourifar, Onur Kaya, Gurkan Ozturk
Summary: The high prices of private hospitals lead to overcrowding and patient dissatisfaction in public hospitals. Therefore, new pricing policies and contract mechanisms are proposed to balance the healthcare system and increase social utility. Analytical models and detailed numerical results show that these mechanisms can significantly improve system performance and lead to better healthcare systems.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Erica Reeve, Amerita Ravuvu, Anna Farmery, Senoveva Mauli, Dorah Wilson, Ellen Johnson, Anne-Marie Thow
Summary: This study analyzed food systems sector policies in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, finding that economic objectives were predominantly reflected in policy content, while aims related to nutrition and environmental sustainability should be more strongly represented in policy instruments.
Editorial Material
Political Science
Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Stephen Peckham, Gerald Bloom, Nick Turnbull, Vera Schattan Coelho, Jean-Louis Denis
Summary: The policy capacity framework provides relevant analytical ideas for health system strengthening, but its application in the health field is lacking interdisciplinary knowledge. This themed issue explores the relationships between the policy capacity framework and health system strengthening in a multidimensional and interdisciplinary way. The analysis shows that combining the two fields can enhance our understanding of health policies and critical themes.
POLICY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kamila Kolpashnikova, Shital Desai
Summary: This article introduces the fear of falling (FoF) as a major challenge for the quality of life among older adults and highlights the lack of comprehensive research in this area. By conducting a scoping review, the authors aim to identify key topics, gaps in the literature, and potential opportunities for further research on FoF. This review will contribute to the development of an interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical framework, and ultimately promote policy and practice innovations for individuals living with FoF.