Browsing School of Public Health by Subject "Population health"

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    • Beyond vulnerable groups: contexts and dyamics of vulnerability 

      Zarowski, Christina; Haddad, Slim; Nguyen, Vinh-Kim (Sage Publications, 2013)
      This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10 papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as simultaneously a condition and a process. ...

    • Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994 

      Gilson, Lucy; David Pienaar, Tracey; Brady, Leanne; Hawkridge, Anthony; Naled, Tracey; Vallabhjee, Krish; Schneider, Helen (Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
      Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ...

    • The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa 

      Leon, Natalie; Sanders, David; Damme, Wim Van; Besada, Donela; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Oliphant, Nicholas P.; Berzal, Rocio; Mason, John; Doherty, Tanya (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
      Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a ...