Future Health Systems: Recent submissions
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Galvanising gender analysis and practice in health systems
(Future Health Systems, 2016-09)Gender analysis is an important component of health systems research (HSR) as it reveals how power relations create inequalities in health system needs, experiences, and outcomes among women, men, and people of other ... -
Unlocking community capability through promotion of self-help for health: experience from Chakaria, Bangladesh
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background People’s participation in health, enshrined in the 1978 Alma Ata declaration, seeks to tap into community capability for better health and empowerment. One mechanism to promote participation in health is through ... -
Unlocking community capabilities for improving maternal and newborn health: participatory action research to improve birth preparedness, health facility access, and newborn care in rural Uganda
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: Community capacities and resources must be harnessed to complement supply side initiatives addressing high maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Uganda. This paper reflects on gains, challenges and lessons ... -
Factors that Determine Catastrophic Expenditure for Tuberculosis Care: a Patient Survey in China
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-01-25)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, ... -
Non-Medical Financial Burden in Tuberculosis Care: a Cross-Sectional Survey in Rural China
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-01-26)Background: Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in China is partially covered by national programs and health insurance schemes, though TB patients often face considerable medical expenditures. For some, especially those ... -
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Control in China: Progress and Challenge
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-01-29)Background: China has the second highest caseload of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the world. In 2009, the Chinese government agreed to draw up a plan for MDR-TB prevention and control in the context of ... -
How Can Health Systems Research Reach the Worst-Off? A Conceptual Exploration
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: Health systems research is increasingly being conducted in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Such research should aim to reduce health disparities between and within countries as a matter of global ... -
Exploring Pathways for Building Trust in Vaccination and Strengthening Health System Resilience
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: Trust is critical to generate and maintain demand for vaccines in low and middle income countries. However, there is little documentation on how health system insufficiencies affect trust in vaccination and ... -
Expressing Collective Voices on Children’s Health: Photovoice Exploration with Mothers of Young Children from the Indian Sundarbans
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: The Indian Sundarbans is marked by inhospitable terrain and frequent climatic shocks which jointly hinder access to health care. Community members, and women in particular, have few means to communicate their ... -
Identifying Community Healthcare Supports for the Elderly and the Factors Affecting their Aging Care Model Preference: Evidence From Three Districts of Beijing
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: The Chinese tradition of filial piety, which prioritized family-based care for the elderly, is transitioning and elders can no longer necessarily rely on their children. The purpose of this study was to identify ... -
How is Perceived Community Cohesion and Membership in Community Groups Associated with Children’s Dietary Adequacy in Disadvantaged Communities? A Case of the Indian Sundarbans
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: Membership in community groups and a sense of community cohesion may facilitate collective action in mobilizing resources towards better health outcomes. This paper explores the relationship of these factors, ... -
Disparity in Reimbursement for Tuberculosis Care Among Different Health Insurance Schemes: Evidence from Three Counties in Central China
(BMC Health Services Research, 2017-01-27)Background: Health inequity is an important issue all around the world. The Chinese basic medical security system comprises three major insurance schemes, namely the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), the ... -
What is the Role of Community Capabilities for Maternal Health? An Exploration of Community Capabilities as Determinants to Institutional Deliveries in Bangladesh, India, and Uganda
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: While community capabilities are recognized as important factors in developing resilient health systems and communities, appropriate metrics for these have not yet been developed. Furthermore, the role of ... -
Synergies, Strengths and Challenges: Findings on Community Capability from a Systematic Health Systems Research Literature Review
(BMC Health Services Research, 2016-11-15)Background: Community capability is the combined influence of a community’s social systems and collective resources that can address community problems and broaden community opportunities. We frame it as consisting of ... -
What Does the End of Africa's Boom Mean for Universal Health Coverage?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-01-23)Achieving universal health coverage by 2030, as stated in UN Global Goal 3, will require substantial increases in health spending and the proportion funded through taxation or social insurance to make health care affordable ... -
Unlocking community capability: key to more responsive, resilient and equitable health systems
(Future Health Systems, 2016-07)Communities are more than a geographic location; they are a site of struggle and also a dynamic engine of change. Unlocking their capabilities to strengthen health systems requires understanding and adapting to local ... -
How can Research Programme Consortia contribute to capacity development in Low and Middle Income Countries?
(Future Health Systems, 2016-05)Capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct and apply evidence from health systems research is limited due to historically low investment in the field, fragmented funding with a predominance of very ... -
How Learning-by-Doing Can Help Cut Through Complexity in Health Service Delivery
(Future Health Systems, 2016-05)There is no single solution for successfully scaling-up key interventions and reaching the poor. Implementation research, using tools and approaches that are inclusive, participatory, and flexible, is essential for ... -
Addressing Resistance to Antibiotics in Pluralist Health Systems
(STEPS Centre, 2015)There is growing international concern about the threat to public health of the emergence and spread of bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics. An effective response must invest in both the development of new drugs and ... -
Building a Resilient Health System: Lessons from Northern Nigeria
(Institute of Development Studies, 2015-04-10)The overarching aim of this paper is to address the issue of building resilient health systems in the context of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa which has brought renewed attention to this challenge. The paper highlights ...