Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Odendaal, Willem"
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Addressing the tensions and complexities involved in commissioning and undertaking implementation research in low- and middle-income countries
Doherty, Tanya; Lewin, Simon; Kinney, Mary; Sanders, David; Mathews, Cathy; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Goga, Ameena; Bhana, Arvin; Besada, Donela; Vanleeuw, Lieve; Loveday, Marian; Odendaal, Willem; Leon, Natalie (BMJ, 2018)Rapid scale-up of new policies and guidelines, in the context of weak health systems in low/middle-income countries (LMIC), has led to greater interest and funding for implementation research. Implementation research ... -
Comparing a paper based monitoring and evaluation system to a mHealth system to support the national community health worker programme, South Africa: an evaluation
Neupane, Sunisha; Odendaal, Willem; Friedman, Irwin; Jassat, Waasila; Schneider, Helen; Doherty, Tanya (BioMed Central, 2014)BACKGROUND: In an attempt to address a complex disease burden, including improving progress towards MDGs 4 and 5, South Africa recently introduced a re-engineered Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy, which has led to ... -
Managing local health system interdependencies: Referral and outreach systems for maternal and newborn health in three South African districts
Schneider, Helen; Mianda, Solange; Odendaal, Willem (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)In complex health systems, referral and outreach systems (ROS) are formal strategies for connecting and managing interdependencies between facilities in service delivery pathways. Well-functioning maternal and newborn ROS ...