Future Health Systems: Recent submissions
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Climate Change: a Threat to Child Food Security in the Indian Sundarbans
(Future Health Systems, 2018-06)The Sundarbans, the mangrove forest delta shared both by India and Bangladesh, is among the worst hit regions of climate change in the world. Even though food insecurities due to climate change are felt across the region, ... -
Nurture the sprouting bud; do not uproot it. Using saving groups to save for maternal and newborn health: lessons from rural Eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-18)Background: Saving groups are increasingly being used to save in many developing countries. However, there is limited literature about how they can be exploited to improve maternal and newborn health. Objectives: This paper ... -
Characteristics of community savings groups in rural Eastern Uganda: opportunities for improving access to maternal health services
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-31)Background: Rural populations in Uganda have limited access to formal financial Institutions, but a growing majority belong to saving groups. These saving groups could have the potential to improve household income and ... -
Experiences of using a participatory action research approach to strengthen district local capacity in Eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-31)Background: To achieve a sustained improvement in health outcomes, the way health interventions are designed and implemented is critical. A participatory action research approach is applauded for building local capacity ... -
Antimicrobial Resistance and Universal Health Coverage
(BMJ Global Health, 2017-10-31)The WHO launched a Global Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2015. World leaders in the G7, G20 and the UN General Assembly have declared AMR to be a global crisis. World leaders have also adopted universal ... -
A Cascade Model of Mentorship for Frontline Health Workers in Rural Health Facilities in Eastern Uganda: Processes, Achievements and Lessons
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-08-17)Background: There is increasing demand for trainers to shift from traditional didactic training to innovative approaches that are more results-oriented. Mentorship is one such approach that could bridge the clinical knowledge ... -
Effect of Support Supervision on Maternal and Newborn Health Services and Practices in Rural Eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-08-18)Background: Support supervision is one of the strategies used to check the quality of services provided at health facilities. From 2013 to 2015, Makerere University School of Public Health strengthened support supervision ... -
Effect of a Participatory Multisectoral Maternal and Newborn Intervention on Maternal Health Service Utilization and Newborn Care Practices: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Three Rural Ugandan Districts
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-09-05)Background: The MANIFEST study in eastern Uganda employed a participatory multisectoral approach to reduce barriers to access to maternal and newborn care services. Objectives: This study analyses the effect of the ... -
Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable Systems. A Study Design Paper
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-09-06)Background: Evidence on effective ways of improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes is widely available. The challenge that most low-income countries grapple with is implementation at scale and sustainability. ... -
Working with Community Health Workers to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes: Implementation and Scale-Up Lessons from Eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-08-29)Background: Preventable maternal and newborn deaths can be averted through simple evidence-based interventions, such as the use of community health workers (CHWs), also known in Uganda as village health teams. However, the ... -
Balancing the Cost of Leaving with the Cost of Living: Drivers of Long-Term Retention of Health Workers: An Explorative Study in Three Rural Districts in Eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-08-25)Background: Health worker retention in rural and underserved areas remains a persisting problem in many low and middle income countries, and this directly affects the quality of health services offered. Objective: This ... -
Maternal and Newborn Health Implementation Research: Programme Outcomes, Pathways of Change and Partnerships for Equitable Health Systems in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-09-06)Editorial special issue: MANIFEST - maternal and neonatal implementation for equitable systems study. -
Effect of a Participatory Multisectoral Maternal and Newborn Intervention on Birth Preparedness and Knowledge of Maternal and Newborn Danger Signs among Women in Eastern Uganda: A Quasiexperiment Study
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-08-29)Background: Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and adequate birth preparedness (BP) are critical for improving maternal services utilization. Objectives: This study assessed the effect of a participatory multi-sectoral ... -
Applying systems thinking to strengthen health systems
(Future Health Systems, 2016-10)Systems thinking represents a unique theoretical and practical contribution. It facilitates ways to cross disciplines, and brings previously unused tools and approaches to tackle global health implementation differently. ... -
Enhancing social accountability for health care in Afghanistan
(Future Health Systems, 2016-10)In the United States and parts of Africa and Asia, community scorecards (CSCs) have improved accountability and responsiveness of services. Work supported by Future Health Systems (FHS) sought to evaluate CSC feasibility ... -
Through the lens: empowering women in vulnerable communities to voice their concerns
(Future Health Systems, 2016-10)Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodologies can help empower marginalised groups to capture and articulate their experiences and concerns to decision-makers. Future Health Systems (FHS) has worked with women in the ... -
Strengthening capacity to enhance delivery: implementation of payment reform in China
(Future Health Systems, 2016-10)In 2002, China launched a voluntary health insurance scheme to provide financial protection to people affected by disease-related illness. Future Health Systems (FHS) work in Hanbin County, western China, has drawn on ... -
Working with health workers to improve maternal health services
(Future Health Systems, 2016-09)Poor quality of maternal and newborn health services in Uganda have resulted in low maternal health service utilisation and high newborn mortality rates, both at home and at health facilities. The support Future Health ... -
Saving money, saving lives: community saving groups lead to improvements in maternal and newborn health care in Uganda
(Future Health Systems, 2016-10)Future Health Systems (FHS) work on maternal and newborn health in the poorest districts of eastern Uganda has contributed to a story of community empowerment where people have learnt to prioritise, prepare and save money ... -
Unlocking Community Capabilities Across Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lessons Learned from Research and Reflective Practice
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)