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Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Medical specialization is a key feature of biomedicine, and is a growing, but weakly understood
aspect of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India. Emergency medicine
is ...
Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first
contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in
establishing ...
Strategic leadership capacity building for Sub-Saharan African health systems and public health governance: a multi-country assessment of essential competencies and optimal design for a Pan African DrPH
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
Leadership capacity needs development and nurturing at all levels for strong health systems governance
and improved outcomes. The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) is a professional, interdisciplinary terminal
degree focused ...
Leadership and the functioning of maternal health services in two rural district hospitals in South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
Maternal mortality remains high in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, despite over 90% of pregnant
women utilizing maternal health services. A recent survey showed wide variation in performance
among districts in the ...
A comparative evaluation of PDQ-Evidence
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: A strategy for minimising the time and obstacles to accessing systematic reviews of health system
evidence is to collect them in a freely available database and make them easy to find through a simple ...
How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, there are competing norms driving health system changes and reorganisation. One such
norm is that of health systems’ responsibilities for population health as distinct from a focus on clinical ...
Understanding key drivers of performance in the provision of maternal health services in eastern cape, South Africa: a systems analysis using group model building
(BMC, 2018)
Background: The Eastern Cape Province reports among the poorest health service indicators in South Africa with
some of its districts standing out as worst performing as regards maternal health indicators. To understand ...